I know, my name is Captain Obvious. Those of you old enough saw this starting in the 1960's. Now it is common knowledge that the dream of a good education to obtain the "American Dream" is a nightmare.
Thomas Sowell used to be a Marxist, but after majoring in economics, he changed. Numbers have a way of not lying. With the constant push to get a degree and then the ease of getting the money to pay for it, has flooded the market with college grads now. What used to only require an associates, now requires a masters. Blue collar jobs are actually easier to get and pay more.
My parents pushed me to go to college and I did do some in community college, back when it was still free. But student loans and grants were next to impossible for me to get because of, um, maybe it was my white privilege. I went to learn about accounting, which I did. It was all the other classes they make you take that at times made my go huh? And that was back in about 1980 or so.
This is a great opinion piece, I couldn't have said it better, read all of it at the link.
"David Friedberg’s recent All-In podcast argument sounds convincing: student debt creates desperate graduates, financial stress drives political radicalism, and young Americans embrace socialism because capitalism failed them economically. The analysis captures real and understandable pain but overlooks the underlying mechanisms.
"Today, we don’t have disciplines; we have “studies”. The curriculum itself serves as indoctrination infrastructure. Walk through any Gender Studies classroom and count the minutes before “oppression” becomes the central theme. Track how many lectures end without a condemnation of the patriarchy, white supremacy, or Western norms. The readings are curated for grievance, the discussions are steered toward activism, and critical thinking is welcomed only if it critiques the approved targets."
