As a personal, psychological solution, sure. Blame whomever you want. Society doesn’t have that luxury. If student debt cripples 50 people, we could collective

As a personal, psychological solution, sure. Blame whomever you want. Society doesn’t have that luxury. If student debt cripples 50 people, we could collectively decide to ignore them. If 50 million people are crippled then there’s probably a legitimate systemic issue somewhere. Blame doesn’t change the fact that those people exist, are economically crippled and our society can’t just wish them away. I’d also argue that if enough people do something then just telling them they’re bad is useless. I’d put it in the same category as abstinence education to prevent teen pregnancy - sure maybe it makes you feel good but it’s utterly useless for actually preventing teen pregnancy. I’d support blame if there was any evidence it changes behavior. In this case there isn’t. We as a society want an outcome where most college students aren’t crippled in debt so it’ll have to be something else. Also this covers up the fact that there are probably real policy failures that drive up the cost of education for everyone. Retribution conveniently lets politicians ignore the fact that college could be way cheaper. What schools are you referring to that cost only $3000 per semester? That kind of dates your info...