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A comment on UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors to donors. Parent comment

Re:UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors t... by kmonsen on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @08:44PM (#24561723)
It’s like all the silly mobile games, you need a pool of cheap players so the rich people can feel accomplished when they spend money.

This is similar, there needs to be enough for people being accepted to and graduating from a university so when the rich kids also does it people think that he is smart and accomplished.

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Re:UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors t... by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @08:04AM (#24565977)
The last thing you want is rich mediocre kids believing they're smart and accomplished when they aren't.

Some of them will go into politics and business, and their entitlement and delusionally rosy view of their talents will make them a national liability.

You really want to steer rich slackers towards wasting their lives with dumb hedonism, keeping them as far away as possible from any activity with strategic influence.

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