• nonentity@sh.itjust.works
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    14 hours ago

    Any society which charges its students to acquire knowledge values neither.

    A healthy and broadly educated population, which feels safe and secure, is incompatible with, and toxic to, conservative and authoritarian ideologies.

    They need you to be sick, stupid, and scared.

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    That means they can never be forgiven and will never leave the debt holder even through bankruptcy and possibly death.

    • AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      15 hours ago

      Source? Federal loans can’t be bankrupted, but private loans absolutely can to my knowledge…

      …source: I’ve done it

    • I think you may need a remedial civics class. The department of education is a cabinet-level department, which means its head is appointed by the president and confirmed by Congress. Nobody voted or could vote either on this specific topic nor for the people directly responsible for it. It’s greed and corruption on a systemic level, not the failing of individual voters.