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Re:Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate not seen sin... by voisin on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:33AM (#37644462)
Not explicitly but the choice is “stay in your economic class or invest in the only thing reliably proven to improve your future”.
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Re:Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate not seen sin... by c_crank on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:35AM (#37644503)
And those who do not want to deal with the risk of going through school and not getting a better job to pay for the onerous loans can just remain in their economic class.
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Re:Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate not seen sin... by HPsquared on Monday September 25, 2023 @11:12AM (#37645165)
People basically did remain in the economic class though. The school doesn't have much to do with it. Has class mobility significantly increased since the adoption of mass tertiary education?
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Re:Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate not seen sin... by slt2021 on Monday September 25, 2023 @11:44AM (#37645718)
and why people invested noname colleges with degrees in psychology, english lit, gender studies?

and then act surprised when they get out with zero useful skills

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