Highlighting specific instances where the working class engaged in learning, when this was clearly not the case generally, is highly disingenuous. I’d also say

Highlighting specific instances where the working class engaged in learning, when this was clearly not the case generally, is highly disingenuous. I’d also say that having universities mostly or wholly funded by the state does not remove their profit motive or make it a better place to study: the demand for credentials by the job market will shape their offerings to tailor to it, even if the state can make it a more tolerable experience by sinking more money into it (which would be politically unpopular in the current climate, like the college loan forgiveness proposals floating around)