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Re:The Size of BYD's Factory by meiraleal on Monday November 25, 2024 @05:54AM (#42235118)
> Ask your local waiter with a college degree if they would have studied something else if they got the chance. My experience is that many would.

The problem of bad choices is orthogonal to the problem you are describing.

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Re:The Size of BYD's Factory by latentcall on Monday November 25, 2024 @10:36AM (#42237114)
In high school the administration specifically stated that just going to college was good enough. They encouraged people to get English, philosophy, history degrees if that’s what they wanted. If you’re 17 and like history class it seems like a logical next step. They didn’t tell you you won’t be able to find work.
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Re:The Size of BYD's Factory by meiraleal on Monday November 25, 2024 @10:49AM (#42237235)
still a bad choice. The US is not USSR, one can choose what they want to study or even don't study at all.
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Re:The Size of BYD's Factory by latentcall on Monday November 25, 2024 @01:56PM (#42239036)
Sure, but it’s a choice heavily influenced by authority figures in your life. But yes strictly binary it is a choice. Thankfully the world is more nuanced.
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Re:The Size of BYD's Factory by Epa095 on Monday November 25, 2024 @12:08PM (#42237940)
My point is that it's an information problem, leading to (more) bad choices. OPs claim that people live happily enough on minimum wage is actually another example, hopefully no 17 year old reads it and thinks 'ohh so I can live comfortable on minimum wage'. If there is 17 year old reading this thread then I hope to be a counterweight:

'HEY 17 YEAR OLD! Get a sellable skill! English literature is probably not enough! Working for minimum wage sucks!'

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