@profstonge
Pinned post
Nobody ever talks about this, but the reason you have to go to college is A, because Griggs v. Duke Power Company made it illegal for presumptive employers to IQ test, and B, inner city High-Schools basically aren't allowed to fail a student as long as they physically show up.View quoted post on X
So you end up in this trap where a High-School diploma that you worked very hard for means nothing, because a kid who did coloring books and addition and subtraction got a paper saying he has the same qualification. Ok, then just give me an intelligence test, oh wait you cant, thats also illegal because it causes "disparate impact". So now the only proxy for basically literacy and ~105~ IQ is a 4 year meaningless degree that costs 10s of thousands of dollars.
But wait, now they hand those out to anyone, (1/4 of 4yr grads have an IQ of or below 95), so now you need a Master's, or specialty training, or a million other bullshit things. So you get them, but wait, a diploma mill in Hyderabad cranked out 100M guys who also have a Master's on paper, and will work for 1/3 the price, so now you dont have a job. Ok, ill work construction, but wait, you dont live in a State with strong Unions, so any non-specialized construction work is done by slaves from Guatemala, so you decide to stay home and take Percocet instead.
Awesome system we've built.
JUST IN: Nvidia perp plunges nearly -10% before rebounding following "romantic relationship" with Chinese spyView quoted post on X
This election showed that the American people want BOLD change:
- Medicare for All
- A wealth tax on billionaires so that we can build affordable housing, have universal childcare and free tuition at public colleges and universities.
- Raise the minimum wage to $20 an hour.
- End the war in Iran and U.S. military aid to Israel
LET’S DO ITView quoted post on X
