The statements "There exist valid and rewarding career paths for those who are willing and able" and "There exists a troubling economic trend between the relati

The statements "There exist valid and rewarding career paths for those who are willing and able" and "There exists a troubling economic trend between the relationship of capital vs labor that should be addressed" are not contradictory statements - both can be true. People should have a sense of personal responsibility, certainly. People should also be financially educated and make good career decisions. We should also look to our political and financial organizations to find problems in the large and do what we can to fix them. And since we live in such a diverse society with drastically different values (the very values your daughter and her colleagues nobly fight to protect), the answer is not "everyone else should adopt my way of thinking". Even if you're "right", that is simply not a realistic path for policy makers, who need to deal with problems in the large. Maybe this will highlight my thinking - I'm an engineer who went to engineering school and chose a rational career path with high expected gains. I have friends who majored in art at a very expensive school and will likely never be able to pay off their debts. I would say they did not manage their career well and perhaps should have made a different decision. However I would not want to live in a world where we did not have artists. Art education of some type is necessary for us to maintain our culture, so if everybody did the personally "rational" thing where would we be as a society?