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> "difficult to obtain without military service" This is factually incorrect - you literally can get $400k in education of your choosing at the tender age of 1

by pxmpxm 5y ago

> "difficult to obtain without military service" This is factually incorrect - you literally can get $400k in education of your choosing at the tender age of 18, which is why we frequently discus articles revolving around student debt for degrees that don't pay anything. There isn't anything even remotely equivalent when it comes to money access of this sort (try getting a $400k mortgage with zero income and zero assets )

saiya-jin 5y ago
You can get mortgage of 400k USD, what a great thing to get when entering 18... Sorry guys but this is so fucked up from European point of view. And that poor people are pushed to enlist to kill innocent folks half around the globe just to be able to study is yet another level of fuckery. But at least you guys get some semi-decent medical insurance to live like a human being. For which we also don't need to pay (or very little bulk sum with hard ceiling). Something about basic human rights, future of our race and all.
- pxmpxm 5y ago
  European here as well; I suspect you misunderstood: Getting college loans in the US is absolutely trivial and the amount of money you can have access to is objectively preposterous. Any notion that the only way to get access to education is by joining the military is patently wrong. > "we also don't need to pay" You certainly are paying, sir.
- DamnYuppie 5y ago
  Last time I checked most the best human rights had to be fought for and defended at some point. Stop taking for granted what was paid for in blood by your predecessors and being all sanctimonious about what are "basic human rights" it makes you sound like a spoiled child. Your healthcare isn't a human right, is is a benefit you collectively decided to pay for. Others can make different decisions.
- refurb 5y ago
  As a European you should be glad the US has a competent military since you’re clearly not up to job yourself.

by pxmpxm 5y ago

saiya-jin 5y ago

You can get mortgage of 400k USD, what a great thing to get when entering 18... Sorry guys but this is so fucked up from European point of view. And that poor people are pushed to enlist to kill innocent folks half around the globe just to be able to study is yet another level of fuckery. But at least you guys get some semi-decent medical insurance to live like a human being. For which we also don't need to pay (or very little bulk sum with hard ceiling). Something about basic human rights, future of our race and all.

pxmpxm 5y ago
European here as well; I suspect you misunderstood: Getting college loans in the US is absolutely trivial and the amount of money you can have access to is objectively preposterous. Any notion that the only way to get access to education is by joining the military is patently wrong. > "we also don't need to pay" You certainly are paying, sir.
DamnYuppie 5y ago
Last time I checked most the best human rights had to be fought for and defended at some point. Stop taking for granted what was paid for in blood by your predecessors and being all sanctimonious about what are "basic human rights" it makes you sound like a spoiled child. Your healthcare isn't a human right, is is a benefit you collectively decided to pay for. Others can make different decisions.
refurb 5y ago
As a European you should be glad the US has a competent military since you’re clearly not up to job yourself.