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I didn't think the grandparent comment is "moralizing". They aren't saying your choice of major is "good" or "bad". They are saying that when you make a sub-opt
by RepressedEmu 9y ago
I didn't think the grandparent comment is "moralizing". They aren't saying your choice of major is "good" or "bad". They are saying that when you make a sub-optimal(in relation to expected future income) degree choice then you should expect a sub-optimal result and take responsibility for your own decisions rather than complain about "the economy" or "the system" or "capitalism in general".
- emodendroket 9y agoYes, that's an argument I'd characterize as moralizing.
- jrs95 9y agoI'm not saying doing what I described is immoral. It's just incredibly stupid.
- emodendroket 9y agoTalking about how it's your personal responsibility to pay for your degree and you're to blame if you can't get a job, because you chose the wrong degree, is exactly what I am talking about.
- RepressedEmu 9y agoWhose responsibility is it?
- emodendroket 9y agoEducation is a social good and should be funded at least in large part by the state, is my stance. I think the framework of "investment" and "consumers" is a totally wrong one to look at it in.
- RepressedEmu 9y agoI agree with you that it "should be", but the fact remains that currently isn't. "Investment" and "Consumer" might be tainted words for you but they are accurate descriptions for our current system. So shouldn't students make their massive life decisions based on the current reality of the education system rather than some imaginary future-state thats more "fair"?
- emodendroket 9y agoPerhaps, but it doesn't follow that it's necessary or unavoidable to write screeds about how anyone who ends up in a bad situation is to blame because they didn't pick the right major.