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Re:Judge rules that student loan debt is dischargeable in ba... by jlawson on Sunday January 12, 2020 @08:41PM (#22031173)
No, there's an understanding that nobody works 'purely for the public good' because we have no selfless angels that we can assign to run the government.

Since we only have selfish humans, they'll always work for their own good - whether it's profit motive in an open market, or political power and attached financial benefits.

Jeez, imagine how easy society would be if we could actually create government programs 'purely for the public good'. I'd love to live in a world where everything didn't become as corrupt as it structurally can.

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Re:Judge rules that student loan debt is dischargeable in ba... by nl on Sunday January 12, 2020 @09:23PM (#22031339)
Jeez, imagine how easy society would be if we could actually create government programs 'purely for the public good'. I'd love to live in a world where everything didn't become as corrupt as it structurally can.

It's ironic that in much of the world this is the case. Specifically, in this thread the Canadian system was mentioned and the Australian system is similar.

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