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Re:'My degree is next to worthless' by saint_fiasco on Monday August 24, 2015 @08:46PM (#10113750)
>Middle-class people don't typically spend years of their lives and tens of thousands of dollars on structured self-betterment activities.

But they really wish they could, and they actually believe they can, because there are always loans available to them.

I think the useless degree is an extreme form of luxury. You get to show others that you are rich (otherwise you would work or go to a vocational school) and that your money doesn't define you (because otherwise you would study something useful to make more money).

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