Haunted by Student Debt to the Grave

[erronis]

8. The Education Corporation of America likes it that way

Saddling as many people with ridiculous student loans for essentially worthless degrees and obviously worthless education seems to be the model that US capitalism is built upon.

When I drive through old suburbs surrounding cities on the East Coast I see hundreds of new "colleges" that have sprung up to siphon money from the aspiring.

The mantra that a college education is the entrance to a good life is a good lie. It was foisted on the population by capitalists. The best education is experience, apprenticeship, interning, networking.

Sure, if you want to be hired by a NYC law/banking firm, you might want to go to an Ivy League. But you won't be hired anyway unless your father plays golf with someone from the firm.

Work at Walmart? If you are too smart or educated, you'll probably be rejected.

Work at a nice small business? They're being squeezed by the same megacorps.

Makes you want to live a country where there are possibilities and freedom!