Non-Profit to help pay Student Debt

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  • ukit0

    Why isn't education a right?

    It's a fuckin ponzi scheme that only helps the people born into wealth zoom up the ladder while someone born with no inheritance barely has a chance.

    • why should it be?
      knowledge is luxury dude, it has ALWAYS been.
      scarabin
    • That's how it's done today in this country, sure, but there's no real logical reason for itukit
    • no, it's been like that throughout history. common folk couldn't even read until recently, and even then only in some placesscarabin
    • Well, whatever, I mean, what I'm saying is there's no moral reason to draw the line after primary education.ukit
    • wtf do morals have to do with anything?scarabin
    • They have to do with what we consider right vs privilege. Right to free speech for instanceukit
    • do you really want to be paying the taxes required to pay for EVERYONE'S college education? fucking fuck that with a fucking stick my friendscarabin
    • a fucking stick my friendscarabin
    • Substitute "primary education," you can fuck that with a fucking stick too I guess. Should we get rid of it?:)ukit
    • I'm not saying pay 100%, but at some point there's a cost-benefit ratio to society that comes into play.ukit
    • I think the worst part is how stratified it is. The main criteria to attend a "good" school is simply money.ukit
    • When you talk about 50k/ year to go to Harvard, vs like 5k for some state schools, something is wrongukit
    • of course it is.
      you're basically saying that you have a right to drive a lexus instead of your basic, "primary" mazda and that someone else should pay for it
      scarabin
    • mazda and that someone besides you should pay for itscarabin
    • No. Because me driving a Lexus doesn't benefit anyone, except possibly my ego.ukit
    • More people getting an education so we can actually compete with countries like China and Brazil benefits everyoneukit
    • everyoneukit
    • alright, well it sounds like an amazing and fantastic jetsons world in your head. lemme know when all the money for this shows upscarabin
    • shows up. i could use a free master's degreescarabin

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