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Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore
After all, we must increase the surplus value that our teachers create. You are not going to solve the problem of unemployment under a capitalist system;
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Yes, communism/socialism has proven so much better at solving surplus, I will admit....
Of course, they do do by simply eliminating surplus for all, devolving into bare subsistence over time (as all chaotic systems must).
Although it's true that some surplus will always exist under the current system, it doesn't have to be quite so much as currently exists. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has employed college grad in a part-time, low-paid position as an intern, while they pursue a second degree in a major that actually will let them make a living (rather than the fun one they continued from college, but which hasn't led to actual employment unless one has a PhD for the last several decades). On the other hand, the architect grad who was our waiter last night (which I know because he remarked on the Kindle's screen saver) actually has a real internship that may lead to a career -- just in developing neighborhoods and suburbs, not cathedrals.
For the majority of those pursuing a higher education, the
where doesn't matter much, in the long run - it won't affect how much they make or even the quality of their education much, so long as you are picking somewhat similar curriculums. It will affect their debt load (esp those automatically picking out of state colleges, just to get away from parents or moving to a campus that is an easy commute away or a beach school, but aren't pursuing a naval career); for some, where does matter (future politicians, for example, live and die on their network of cronies, while those who are at MIT for an engineering education probably won't go as far at the local community college). One of the biggest problems, though, is choice of major and how little thought is put in to how this college education will be used to pursue a career (gone are the days when you get hired to manage the corner store because you went off to college and grabbed a degree, unless you also happen to be the football star son of the owner).