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sfn42last Wednesday at 9:17 AM1 replyview on HN

You know there's a lot of places in this world where education is pretty much free. Turns out it's good for society when people do well, and most first world countries have figured that out and leaned into the whole helping each other thing. We even get to be sick or injured without losing our job and getting a $100,000 bill, it's crazy.


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lrvicklast Wednesday at 8:27 PM

I think free education is fantastic for society and would vote for that every time, taxes be damned.

But until then we in the US live in a capitalist hellscape where we have to prioritize survival which means only focusing on marketable skills to get a job. After that one can pay for college once they can afford it if they want that experience for personal enrichment.