Feb 20, 2022
The Chloroquine Wars Part CX
I keep asking myself over and over again why young people in college and in their 20s aren’t pushing back more against the tyrannies of the corporate-government (call it “Govcorp”) conglomerate.
While mass formation may be part of it—aided by Pavolovian school training and an ugly culture war—there is also the simple explanation that young professionals in their 20s and 30s today have it harder than ever in the United States—unless their parents were quite wealthy and set them up nicely. And young doctors have invested the training of their youth—often taking out substantial loans against their future earnings—to get where they are.
The universities (“The Academy”) have merged with Govcorp more and more tightly over the years, taking in many billions of dollars annually from federal grants issued by departments more closely governed by corporate interests than most anyone is willing to admit. Student loan offerings and a society in which many jobs are shut out to those without college degrees (despite the general lack of connection between the jobs and the course work) sent the costs of education skyrocketing. I’m not saying anything anyone doesn’t know, but I want to set the table with the image. (Click for more)