• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Sure, no one should be forced at that point. But if they want to, everyone should have the opportunity free. And you’re right there would need to be some sort of safeguard against idiots wasting our money.

    But we all benefit from from a better educated population. It’s a crime that free public education has remained at high school level when civilization has gotten much more complex.

    And part of this should be that college is not “job training”. Yes our society benefits from people learning how to think or better understand many things which are not directly connected to profitability