:LIB: alert I know but I'm in a pickle as I think about grad school. I already have a degree in poli sci and international relations that was slightly painful to get through with all the pro-IMF and :vote: rhetoric, but I enjoyed myself ultimately and it got me into a pseudo organizing role. Feeling stuck tho and I'm thinking of grad school, but I'm afraid any public policy or urban design track will just be neo liberal pablem to the max. And I'm concerned about becoming a little cog in the machine perpetuating this horrorshow we live in. But at the same time policy is fascinating and I love it so much and there's the shrimp brain part of me that thinks I could make a difference, no matter how small. Anyone else dealing with this?
funnily enough I graduated with the same degree combo as you. I'm pretty ambivalent about grad school myself, I think I'd likely only do it if I had a specific job opportunity or something. already spent enough money on the first degree. As far as the fear of becoming a little Eichmann, as long as you aren't getting involved with MIC or evil cop stuff i think it's fine. I tell myself that any socialist revolution will need plenty of bureaucrats and planners so I am trying to get myself into the best position for me to defect to the revolution, even if that just means getting some experience in a field so I can be useful. Kinda a fabricated hope atm but whatever I'm also getting paid,