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The number of men enrolled in college this year trails women by record highs, part of a nationwide education gap. Nobody wants to talk about it. on.wsj.com/2WSJity
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remembering that one TLP post about how when men leave a field it's a sign that the real power has gone elsewhere, and womeb enter it chasing an outdated perception of where power is supposed to be
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found it. not saying i 100% agree or that this is even particularly relevant to the college story but it rhymes in a funny way at least
thelastpsychiatrist.com/2013/01/no_sel
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we learned in 2020 that a college education didn't successfully teach anyone how to think and a shocking amount of real intellectual work comes from autodidacts fucking around on social media
just burn the colleges to the ground at this point
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Ironically then, if this hypothesis applies, unschooling is being successful.
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The main problem with this theory is that it begs the question by locating power where men are. Power is where material agency is. If a man drops a gun and picks up a knife and a woman picks up the gun, I’m betting on the woman winning the duel.
College is still quite a gun.
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College isn't a gun or a knife. It's advanced technical training in the weapon you already loved.
Much love to Ip Man, but in a fight I'll take the person with the Glock over the Wing Chun master every day.
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The money is still incredible, worship or no. The power to act as a gatekeeper for prescription drugs is extremely valuable.
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