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Based on this philosophy, there is no way to both realistically and "fairly" make things better for future generations. Y'know, the idea of "I study war, so my
by danaris 4y ago
Based on this philosophy, there is no way to both realistically and "fairly" make things better for future generations.
Y'know, the idea of "I study war, so my sons can study business, so their sons can study philosophy", or whatever the John Adams quote was.
I think that most people, in general, agree on the idea that we want to make the future better than the present. If making sure that someone 20 years from now can go through life with fewer hardships is "unfair" to people now who have to endure them, and thus we must not make the improvements that lead to that future, then how can we ever, ever make things better?
- dudul 4y agoThis has been answered a dozen times. You're talking about changing things for future generations which everybody agrees on. This loan forgiveness does not do that. It retroactively changes the rules that were in place when some people decided to go to college and others didn't. This move changes nothing for future students.
- danaris 4y agoBecause "the rules that were in place" then were unfair, and were not, in fact, decided on in any organized manner: they were simply the confluence of a number of factors. This change does not take anything away from anyone. It does not hurt any of the people who (like me) are lucky enough to have paid off all their student debt. How people react to it just shows who is a bitter, jealous person by nature, and who has actual compassion for other people.