But it's not more affordable education? It's just funneling federal dollars into the education industry, which is such blatant corruption I don't get why anyone was ever for it. If you want to make education more affordable then start by.. reducing the cost of education?

[–] tallwookie@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

maybe you should start a grassroots campaign then.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are plenty of campaigns against for-profit debt already making progress.

Besides, the data is already all out there, and that's what I'm interested in spreading.

Costs less than a percent of the US budget to pay for free higher education, and in 2-8 years, the US would have a new productive generation of doctors, scientists, engineers and other professionals. It's a pretty obvious win.

[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Meme text: meanwhile on the libertarian ship. Image contents: animated image of a sinking wooden ship in rough waters. All passengers are busy dismantling the sinking ship to build individual wooden dinghies.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Some of the craziest conversations I have had are with libertarians.

"We don't need a department of education, we just need to be friends with our neighbors and the neighborhood pools it's money to hire teachers who come from somewhere that we all agree are great because in this fantasy I get along with all of my neighbors perfectly and our values are aligned and then we rent a building or we build a building or we use someone's home and we just teach the kids there!"

Oh like public school? Like a public school with extra steps?

[–] kamenoko@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I love how folks like to pick political ideologies like their favorite sports team. Like you can only use one tool to build a house.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

And the choice is often so remarkably ill-considered, if considered at all. Like buying a house based on the color of the mailbox.

[–] beyondtas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

A 'public' school (or any institution) they imagine themselves dominating (and lets be real, abusing that power and potentially vulnerable individuals/children).