yeah it's just unreal how easy they are the DSST exams worth upper level credit you can at least break a sweat on
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Replying to @chaosprime @legalinspire
This thread is infuriating to read I didn't get the usual sociopath-approach-to-college advice either, and I probably wouldn't have followed it if I had In the end I guess I sort of lucked my way around the cracks in the system Fucking system
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Replying to @eigenrobot @legalinspire
my mind recoils from thinking about these kids just doing what's put in front of them to do and emerging with a credential that all the value has been sucked out of and six figures in debt can't entirely blame them for going "yay socialism, let's do that"
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Replying to @chaosprime @eigenrobot
I am rapidly approaching that point myself, although I think I'd prefer it if we just went straight to the Fight Club scenario, I'd probably die quickly but socialism seems really soul-suckingly depressing in large doses.
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Replying to @legalinspire @eigenrobot
yeah, i don't know how people manage to not even be sympathetic to
#BTFSTTG sentiment even if they shy away from fully embracing it socialist measures are fine as long as they don't require mind control or planned economies, so, y'know, like a microdose of socialism1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @chaosprime @eigenrobot
Democratic socialism a la the Nordic countries is workable under the right conditions and may even produce a reasonably tolerable society. It is incredibly vulnerable to disruption and isn't workable outside of some fairly tight parameters.
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it requires an external revenue source to be viable or else you just ruin your economy with ever spiraling taxation to maintain the expanding welfare state. the success stories have natural resource economies (Norway) or massive export surpluses (Germany).
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That makes it a lot easier but I think you could do it with the right population for quite some time. There is a lot of ruin in a country.
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Replying to @legalinspire @danlistensto and
Though that reminds me of Dr. Richebacher's observation that people who said communism couldn't accomplish things were wrong. "Communism did the impossible. It produced Germans who did not want to work."
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dayum, clearly communism never recovered from that one
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oh hey look at what happened when they stopped being commies.pic.twitter.com/O2IRsldvK6
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