On the one hand, chuds think trades are more dignified because it is skilled, manual (read: manly) work which can be lucrative but also requires some physical sacrifice. Now for me, it’s clear that looking at the bigger picture with Mike Rowe advocating trades over college that what companies are looking for are cheaper workers to do the dirty, difficult work that is costing them too much right now. Chuds consider college to be the exact opposite of trades especially with regards to non-STEM and non-business tracks. They consider universities centers of elite, liberal indoctrination that serve no productive purpose.
On the other hand, libs advocate for trades in a way that says that workers need to be better equipped and allowed to enter the workforce at an earlier time versus college/university degrees for which a 4-year degree is the baseline. The lib will emphasize the applicability of the skills and knowledge but hedge that trades, like college, isn’t for everyone.
Both agree that a trade grants a person a higher possibility of becoming a well-paid independent business owner which is something to aspire to especially since corporate employment isn’t what it used to be.
Both will also tacitly agree that the only purpose of education is to create a better worker who can do their job better. Education is only a tool for financial gain and nothing else.
In the American psyche, the lionization of the small business owner anchors so many concepts that even education revolves around the questions of “would this make a good (read: skilled and subordinate) employee?” and “would this make a profitable enterprise?”
I’ve had convos about it with chuds and libs.
On the one hand, chuds think trades are more dignified because it is skilled, manual (read: manly) work which can be lucrative but also requires some physical sacrifice. Now for me, it’s clear that looking at the bigger picture with Mike Rowe advocating trades over college that what companies are looking for are cheaper workers to do the dirty, difficult work that is costing them too much right now. Chuds consider college to be the exact opposite of trades especially with regards to non-STEM and non-business tracks. They consider universities centers of elite, liberal indoctrination that serve no productive purpose.
On the other hand, libs advocate for trades in a way that says that workers need to be better equipped and allowed to enter the workforce at an earlier time versus college/university degrees for which a 4-year degree is the baseline. The lib will emphasize the applicability of the skills and knowledge but hedge that trades, like college, isn’t for everyone.
Both agree that a trade grants a person a higher possibility of becoming a well-paid independent business owner which is something to aspire to especially since corporate employment isn’t what it used to be.
Both will also tacitly agree that the only purpose of education is to create a better worker who can do their job better. Education is only a tool for financial gain and nothing else.
In the American psyche, the lionization of the small business owner anchors so many concepts that even education revolves around the questions of “would this make a good (read: skilled and subordinate) employee?” and “would this make a profitable enterprise?”