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Being the customer.

• bumby 3y ago
  I’m sure we can see where this goes astray when dealing with public goods. When physician reimbursements get tied to customer satisfaction, patients start to become over medicated, for example.
  • nunuvit 3y ago
    I agree. The better solution is to do away with unforgivable debt.
    • bumby 3y ago
      Or just fix the system so debt isn’t necessary or so easily acquired. Any time you subsidize something (aka giving free debt forgiveness) you tend to get more of it
      • nunuvit 3y ago
        Of course. I'm just explaining why it kind of makes sense that the student would be the customer in the current messed-up system.
        • bumby 3y ago
          I’m just saying that exacerbates the messed-uped-ness. IMO it mates things worse, even though it superficially makes sense.
          • nunuvit 3y ago
            We're in complete agreement. It does make things worse. It's a stupid partial mitigation with serious downsides for a profoundly stupid problem.