Submitted 9 months ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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Have to ensure the only ones who can make it to the “big leagues” see unbridled late Stage Capitalism as a perfect system cause THEY made it (on their parents dime.)
If you let people into the upper echelon IN SPITE Of the system working against them they may point out they’re an exception to the rule.
I never followed xkcd but there really is one for every occasion 😂
We can also say this is a failure of culture too. Let’s take a look at doctors: why do they need so much education in the form we do it now? You, dear reader, could almost certainly do a doctor’s job after a couple years of apprenticeship, even if you aren’t very bright.
Not that I’m anti education, i think everyone should have a broad education that is at the very least more comprehensive then what we currently have in America.
I kind of get the point you’re trying to make but I very much disagree. This line of thinking is one of the reasons US healthcare is so hellbent on pushing PAs and NPs to fill the doctor gap. And it’s not working because there is no substitute for a well trained doctor or specialist.
You, dear reader, could almost certainly do a doctor’s job after a couple years of apprenticeship, even if you aren’t very bright.
That would be feldsher, not doctor.
Was much better before capitalism.
Is it capitalism, or is it the way non-profits budget in order to stay non-profiting when there’s some windfall revenue? Seriously stupid if anyone doesn’t know: schools will burn money and hire excess staff JUST to keep from having a profit at the end of the year - and then the next year they need to either hit the same numbers or get rid of people and programs. Tuition can only go to the moon as long as every penny of unspent money must be both spent this year and replaced again next year.
“Passion”… What a concept!?
JustZ@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Why would the elite class want the plebs to learn medicine or law?
Just you try and open a state law school or med school in these times. It might work out but private interests or going to fight it with full force. It’ll be a constant corporate media backlash about the state doesn’t need any more lawyers and how much tax money it will cost. L
Fighting stuff like this is why they buy tv stations and newspapers
nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 8 months ago
There’s actually a lot of new med schools, both MD and DO, as well as a steady stream of foreign medical graduates every year. The problem is not the number of schools, at least in medicine, but the number of ACGME residency spots that remain artificially limited in the desirable (read: high paying) specialties. Tons of family medicine spots go unmatched every year but nobody wants to pay for 8+ years of post secondary education to make less than 6 figures.
There are also tons of law schools but most graduates take jobs that don’t require JDs. It’s actually kind of a joke now, even if you make T14 it’s not a guarantee of landing a big firm partner track gig. It’s not the education that’s being limited since they’re more than happy to take your money in exchange for a paper diploma; it’s the actual desirable job placements. Which is the same in almost every field (academics stuck in post docs or non tenure track adjunct faculty, finance guys not making it to managing director, etc.)