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Old 06-09-2021, 09:26 AM
 
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….and in 10-20 years there will likely be a surplus of people in the trades and then the elites will say “you should have gone to college”

This is just another tactic of elites. Trick people into blaming themselves when they lack negotiating power. In a few years we will just vilify or blame another group.

Simple realities: There are enough resources and work so people could work and then get the means to support their needs of food shelter healthcare etc. what we lack is the willingness to address the power structure to make this reality.
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Old 06-09-2021, 09:53 AM
 
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….and in 10-20 years there will likely be a surplus of people in the trades and then the elites will say “you should have gone to college”

This is just another tactic of elites. Trick people into blaming themselves when they lack negotiating power. In a few years we will just vilify or blame another group.

Simple realities: There are enough resources and work so people could work and then get the means to support their needs of food shelter healthcare etc. what we lack is the willingness to address the power structure to make this reality.
Did you even watch the video?

Unless I am very much mistaken, Maher's main point was that many people choose to treat college as a fun way to spend four more years before taking on adult responsibilities. To repeat just one of his examples, (quote): "In 2019, we issued more undergrad degrees in visual and performing arts than we did in computer or information science."
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Old 06-09-2021, 02:29 PM
 
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Even a broken clock will be correct twice a day. Strong work Bill.

After my first chemistry set Christmas gift science became my life. Attending Environmental speciality schools pushed my interest further into the sciences and I believed wholeheartedly
I would become a Marine Biologist.

Strangely enough as a Marine I've earned a Master's in Physics; lightyears away from Marine Biology.

Life will tug a person in direction unforeseen. Never as a young man did I desire to become a Marine nor earn degrees in Math/Physics.

Admittedly some of the brightest minds I've encountered never finished college; hell.. some never attended.
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