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I'm not annoyed about other people's wealth, we live in a capitalist society - it's the way it is. However, I do think that there are some things that should be available to all; free access to education is one such thing.
People who want to work hard to create a better future for themselves should be able to do so, regardless of their financial situation.
Capitalism isn't a good equaliser.
The only way the gap between the privileged and the poor can be reduced is through improved access to the _best_ education establishments in any country.
On one level, it seems that the university system has been commercialised to such a point, that - rather than reduce the poverty gap - it's actually reaffirming it. I'm sure a lot of people graduate with huge unmanageable debts, having received a poor level of education / degree which means little in the real world. On another level the university system is a huge money-making industry.
The education provided by a local community college isn't going to be equal to the education provided by an Ivy League university. When the best education is reserved for those who have the most money, society becomes even more polarised.
'It's a privilege not a right' is a misnomer; people who are born into wealth aren't necessarily granted anything based on their intellectual merit or work ethic. They're privileged through luck.
I believe everyone should have the right to a decent level of education.
- you're not working hard to create a better future though, you're asking for handouts to create a better futurescarabin
- I'm not asking for handouts .. I'm stating that the way things are isn't the way things necessarily need to be.********
- and privelege never had anything to do with merit. you want to get by on merit you get a scholarship. ivy league schools are owned privately. you aren't born with a right to even step through its doors.scarabin
- Maybe the system could be improved? ... maybe the system has flaws?********
- are owned privately. you aren't born with a right to even step through its doors. what makes you think you are?scarabin
- my mazda isn't the same level of driving a lexus is, but i'm not asking for a free carscarabin
- Perhaps there are some things which are too important - for the good of society - to sell to the highest bidder.********
- Free-market economics aren't a good solution to some problems.********
- you don't NEED an education to be successful in life. you WANT an education. a degree is not water. it's champagne.scarabin