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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That would be all majors, in Trump's economy.

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

I guess fuck anyone chasing their "American Dream"

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I didn't realize college is just a trade school.

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nietzsche wrote about this subject 150 years ago

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And the Greeks long before him. The entire university system is based on the concept of liberal education; this has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with creating an educated populace.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_education

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Right, but that's not what he argued

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 2 points 4 days ago

what else would it be?

[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago

And we all know he's lying, again. He'll cut some majors and then make a u-turn and restore money for bible studies, or at for-profit universities that pay him off. Because everything is a scam to him.