▲ 366 ▼ Why the fuck does it cost money to get smarter?? (aussie.zone) submitted 10 months ago by Fleur_@aussie.zone to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 237 comments fedilink hide all child comments Stupid ass private education bullshit
[–] db2@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children) https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/free-college-was-once-the-norm-all-over-america/ https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/threat-of-educated-proletariat-created-the-student-debt-crisis/ https://theintercept.com/2022/08/25/student-loans-debt-reagan/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 12 points 10 months ago Yeah, so it was Reagan. It doesn't sound really racial, it sounds like it was a reaction against the antiwar and student activism movement (which was definitely not exclusively a black thing). Sounds like it was Republicans, yes, but more than racism it was just part and parcel of them hating things that make America successful or enable us to compete (because that makes them feel weak, because they can't.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago I might argue the Vietnam War was what really changed things. Once college became a means of draft dodging, universities filled up with blue collar kids looking for deferment. Colleges responded by tightening enrollment standards and setting up new barriers to entry, some of which were financial. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 12 points 10 months ago Yeah, so it was Reagan. It doesn't sound really racial, it sounds like it was a reaction against the antiwar and student activism movement (which was definitely not exclusively a black thing). Sounds like it was Republicans, yes, but more than racism it was just part and parcel of them hating things that make America successful or enable us to compete (because that makes them feel weak, because they can't.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago I might argue the Vietnam War was what really changed things. Once college became a means of draft dodging, universities filled up with blue collar kids looking for deferment. Colleges responded by tightening enrollment standards and setting up new barriers to entry, some of which were financial. permalink fedilink source parent