> Now, obviously, that's not the case with all education, but my next gripe with it is the seemingly insurmountable debt that said education brings. Literally,

> Now, obviously, that's not the case with all education, but my next gripe with it is the seemingly insurmountable debt that said education brings. Literally, all of my friends that have gone to college are no where near paying their debt off and I'm in my late 30s. A solid 31% of college graduates have no loans, and current graduates with loans average something like $30k in debt. With this in mind, it's perhaps worth pausing to consider why the sample that is your social circle suffers from decades of crushing debt. Perhaps your sample is not representative? Or, more insidiously, perhaps debt levels tend to reflect class and class aspirations? Someone who attends a community college likely has little to no debts. Someone attending a local tier two or three public university probably has some modest debt, often below their yearly income after graduation. Someone who goes through a private post-grad program likely has six figures worth. > Finally, that in of itself, ya know, maybe that's like the licks you gotta take when you're trying to rise up in the world, but the fact that educational debt in America can never be voided through bankruptcy seems like a conscious systemic decision to create debt slaves. What do you imagine the outcome might be if student loans were voidable through bankruptcy? How do you think fresh graduates with loans and no assets would handle things?