I grew up poor and am the only college graduate in my immediate family. I don't despise college the same way Matt does. I had a great experience and I got away from my toxic family situation. I didn't get radicalized until later in my life, but I was able to integrate it into my understanding of the world because I studied history, so I already had a contextual advantage.

Everyone should have the ability to leave their living situation after high school and pursue an education; whether it's college, or trade school, or working for a Civilian Conservation Corps-type program. Yes, there's a lot of problems with colleges teaching young people to adopt neoliberal politics, but let's not pretend that trade school environments don't encourage some backwards thinking as well. I could kiss you OP for posting this. I was struggling to get some of my own thoughts down in a separate thread about this week's episode where Matt briefly touched on this topic. I'm glad I'm not alone in interrogating these ideas.