Abolish Amerikkka@lemmygrad.ml to genzedong@lemmygrad.ml • 28 days agoPeople be spending 300k in an undergrad degree???!!imagemessage-square47 fedilinkarrow-up181cross-posted to: chapotraphouse
arrow-up181imagePeople be spending 300k in an undergrad degree???!!Abolish Amerikkka@lemmygrad.ml to genzedong@lemmygrad.ml • 28 days agomessage-square47 Commentsfedilinkcross-posted to: chapotraphouse
minus-squares0ykaf [he/him]hexbear44•edit-228 days agoi hate everything here, from the ridiculous price to the guy treating a degree like a simple matter of value exchange it's like even the pursuit of knowledge has become just a tool to help or hinder your survival under capitalism and i really fucking hate it "a degree is like a car" no it fucking isn't?? link
minus-square@freagle@lemmygrad.mlhexbear14•28 days agoCommodity fetishism has entered the chat linkfedilink
minus-square@novibe@lemmy.mlhexbear8•27 days agoThe goal of capital is to commodify everything. Neoliberalism is the speeding up of this force. linkfedilink
minus-square@MeowZedong@lemmygrad.mlhexbear2•26 days agoIt's treated like one by institutions even though there is much more value you can gain in terms of education and personal growth. In many fields, they don't give a shit what you actually learned at college and if it applies to the job. linkfedilink
i hate everything here, from the ridiculous price to the guy treating a degree like a simple matter of value exchange
it's like even the pursuit of knowledge has become just a tool to help or hinder your survival under capitalism and i really fucking hate it
"a degree is like a car" no it fucking isn't??
Commodity fetishism has entered the chat
The goal of capital is to commodify everything. Neoliberalism is the speeding up of this force.
It's treated like one by institutions even though there is much more value you can gain in terms of education and personal growth. In many fields, they don't give a shit what you actually learned at college and if it applies to the job.