The state funds it less now than they did in my parent's day. Debt is not state funding. This is an absurd take for other reasons too, though. "Past generation

The state funds it less now than they did in my parent's day. Debt is not state funding. This is an absurd take for other reasons too, though. "Past generations = dumb" is silly wishful thinking, as is "bad results indicate malice or a scam". The world changes faster than people update their priors, so this sort of wrongful optimization is a common failing that we should really introspect about more deeply. Education level alone was more important in the past, and then everyone realized this and "competed" themselves into a new, overall-worse, equilibrium. That happens EVERYWHERE so if you're upset about it you need to both push for flexible, adaptable systems, and continuous rapid feedback loops.