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College should have never been presented as the only way to the middle class. In high school they shutdown my advanced trades class, maybe I could have been ready to hop into a decent job after graduation.

I recently spoke to a young art school grad who talked about getting on disability over a life of the corporate grind.

Who am I to disagree ? The Pentagon has never passed an audit, the government coffers are effectively a slush fund for defense contractors.

At this point, I think a universal basic income is the only way.

Not enough jobs exist for everyone. Poverty doesn’t need to exist


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lotsofpulptoday at 2:24 PM

>College should have never been presented as the only way to the middle class. In high school they shutdown my advanced trades class, maybe I could have been ready to hop into a decent job after graduation.

Not unless you were willing to compete on price against people in China learning the same advanced trades.

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