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Marxist, so even more in favor of a ruling class above all.
I know you're just trying to be snarky, but how does that make any sense?
Outside of specific academic focus, nearly everyone I know who has graduated a US university thinks basically the same way.
Most people I know (I'm in university) can recite facts rather easily, they understand the theory and practice relatively well. What they seem to lack (what most people I meet seem to lack) is questions and a questioning mind.
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Marxist, so even more in favor of a ruling class above all.
I know you're just trying to be snarky, but how does that make any sense?
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>it starts out "they need to in order to get a good job!" and end with "well... how are they going to become a more well rounded person if they don't go?" I've honestly never heard anyone say that outside of movies and tv. Maybe I don't come from a posh enough of a background that "becoming well rounded" is an option of equal consideration alongside earning a sustainable income. Sure, they're not always mutually excl…
> I've honestly never heard anyone say that outside of movies and tv. I think that's part of the problem: Most of the people I'm talking to aren't doing a serious pro/con or staking out their future earnings based on their majors[1], or doing a serious evaluation of whether or not they come from a background that can afford such a posh take. Yet they are still repeating things they've essentially heard on movies and…
I agree, but that's even further away from going college to broaden the mind than for a lucrative career.
I disagree with this in my own case. At my university, I was bombarded by so many different beliefs and worldviews that it forced me to reevaluate my own. My values didn't change much, but I certainly become more accepting of differences.
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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." Mark Twain
I'm sure that Mark Twain didn't have today's tourists in mind, who are rushing from tourist attraction to tourist attraction, calling themselves "traveller" instead of "tourist". To get from tourist to traveller, just add 8000km to any flight taken. I'm very glad that OP included "at least a year".
Outside of specific academic focus, nearly everyone I know who has graduated a US university thinks basically the same way.
A cynical view is that US universities teaches you the opinions and manners you need to assume your role in the ruling class.
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But they're still thinking of it as evil. Slavery is completely anti-ethical to libertarianism.
True. I would still argue that they should get their priorities straight. Slavery is much worse than taxation and even mentioning them in the same context is not OK.
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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." Mark Twain
I'm sure that Mark Twain didn't have today's tourists in mind, who are rushing from tourist attraction to tourist attraction, calling themselves "traveller" instead of "tourist". To get from tourist to traveller, just add 8000km to any flight taken. I'm very glad that OP included "at least a year".
You have to be willing to unmoor yourself, which I think deep down a lot of people aren't seeking to do.