http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-05-17/class-2015--you-chumps
We are now 25 centuries after Pericles and Socrates. But today, the typical university has no more interest in learning than a rat terrier or a congressman.
Our government is a disgrace to honest democracy, if there were such a thing; it is a scam and a deceit.
Rich, powerful special interests wager billions of dollars on hollow puppet candidates, knowing their investment will pay off hugely if they are successful.
Our money system is an elaborate fraud, too. It steals from laborers, merchants and artisans and rewards speculators, insiders and layabouts. The entire system is sick and dysfunctional
But you probably have no idea what were talking about, because youve just spent the last four years of your life and paid a fortune so you could avoid learning about it.
Victims of the System
If youve studied the sciences or engineering (especially petroleum engineering, according to a study done by Georgetown University) maybe youll be able to earn enough to pay back your student debt.
But most of you have wasted your money with degrees in subjects that wont help you understand the real world we live in or earn an extra dime in it.
Many of you have spent the best years of your lives and borrowed a fortune to learn things that arent true.
History, economics, government, politics for every useful and truthful insight you may have learned, there are probably 100 more that were buried under claptrap.
Theres a big difference between the real world and the world of a college student. The real world is grittier, harder to understand, more cynical than you can imagine.
And its big.
The world of academia is much smaller. There are the well-defined limits of the school the limits of the work limits on student conduct.
There are also tests and they are limited too. Generally, you know when the tests are coming what they will cover and what you have to do to succeed at them.
In real life, if there are any limits, you dont know where they are. You never know when youll be tested. Often, you can be in the middle of a major test and not know it. You dont know what you need to do to pass either.
And you surely dont know this: You are being tested right now. You are now confronted with a problem you probably have never thought about. But its one that could ruin or at least greatly impair your entire lives.
You are victims of a system set up before you were born. The benefits of that system, such as they are, go to your parents and grandparents.
But you have to pay for it.
Youll find it hard to keep up with the payments. As a result, it is unlikely you will be able to enjoy the material wealth and freedom of action that we, your parents, took for granted.
A Lifetime of Debts
We are now 25 centuries after Pericles and Socrates. But today, the typical university has no more interest in learning than a rat terrier or a congressman.
Our government is a disgrace to honest democracy, if there were such a thing; it is a scam and a deceit.
Rich, powerful special interests wager billions of dollars on hollow puppet candidates, knowing their investment will pay off hugely if they are successful.
Our money system is an elaborate fraud, too. It steals from laborers, merchants and artisans and rewards speculators, insiders and layabouts. The entire system is sick and dysfunctional
But you probably have no idea what were talking about, because youve just spent the last four years of your life and paid a fortune so you could avoid learning about it.
Victims of the System
If youve studied the sciences or engineering (especially petroleum engineering, according to a study done by Georgetown University) maybe youll be able to earn enough to pay back your student debt.
But most of you have wasted your money with degrees in subjects that wont help you understand the real world we live in or earn an extra dime in it.
Many of you have spent the best years of your lives and borrowed a fortune to learn things that arent true.
History, economics, government, politics for every useful and truthful insight you may have learned, there are probably 100 more that were buried under claptrap.
Theres a big difference between the real world and the world of a college student. The real world is grittier, harder to understand, more cynical than you can imagine.
And its big.
The world of academia is much smaller. There are the well-defined limits of the school the limits of the work limits on student conduct.
There are also tests and they are limited too. Generally, you know when the tests are coming what they will cover and what you have to do to succeed at them.
In real life, if there are any limits, you dont know where they are. You never know when youll be tested. Often, you can be in the middle of a major test and not know it. You dont know what you need to do to pass either.
And you surely dont know this: You are being tested right now. You are now confronted with a problem you probably have never thought about. But its one that could ruin or at least greatly impair your entire lives.
You are victims of a system set up before you were born. The benefits of that system, such as they are, go to your parents and grandparents.
But you have to pay for it.
Youll find it hard to keep up with the payments. As a result, it is unlikely you will be able to enjoy the material wealth and freedom of action that we, your parents, took for granted.
A Lifetime of Debts