Comment on Video of Eric Schmidt blaming remote work for Google’s woes mysteriously vanishes

• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m saying people made choices.

  Normally we call that ‘victim blaming’; even when the victimization is financial by the univer$ity.

  I get you have this “do the crime, do the time” thing for people choosing to spend on education; but aside from multi-decade reform plan that isn’t even as marketable to voters as “let’s just consolidate healthcare and save money”, what do we have that’ll help people avoid the looming debt trap that has such a chilling effect on others entering post-secondary education?

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  • paf0@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We have inflation for that. Wages will eventually go up.

    And there was no crime here.

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• ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You do NOT get a choice about getting an education in a vast, vast majority of life paths in the developed world.

  I know a lot of people and exactly two of them are working in the field they got degrees in. You cannot always control the direction of your life, anything from medical issues to family emergencies to economics in your region can profoundly impact your chances of landing a career in your chosen study field, or even just getting a simple job that can pay back tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars as the interest snowballs.

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  • paf0@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You absolutely have a choice.

    Clearly there should be debt forgiveness for people with medical issues. Otherwise people should think ahead.

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    • ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Otherwise people should think ahead.

      The vast majority of people are thinking ahead when they get a loan to get an education. The rest of your comment is telling people with problems “fuck you, got mine” and I’m done with it. Enjoy your blessings and enjoy being hateful to people who had different luck in life, I’m sure abandoning human decency will really help in everything you do.

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      • paf0@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m sorry you can’t handle when someone disagrees with you and I’m not abandoning human decency when I say things like “university should be free” and “if anything all education loans should be refinanced with a debt ceiling”. You are a coward.

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