[Paslode]

Originally Posted by tonyz

Continued from above...


Nothing historically has proven more dangerous to a society than millions of half-educated college students and graduates, indebted, either idle, underemployed, or poorly remunerated, full of pride in their largely suspect majors, and bitter that the supposedly less educated and not as sophisticated cohorts are deservedly making more than they. Their educations ensured that they are glib, but not necessarily industrious. An unemployed sociology graduate, up to his neck in debt, without a good job is a volatile citizen—once he grasps too late in his late 20s that he is no better educated than a plumber or electrician, and far less compensated. Mutatis mutandis, these profiles were the wannabe mid-echelon of the French and Bolshevik Revolutions.

I know a family who's newly 4 year degreed kiddo spent 2-3 years putting their engineering degree towards engineering sandwiches at Subway for minimum wage. At the same time there were kids making $10-20 doing labor job, and kids with a little gumption making more than that mowing lawns for cash .

As long as I have can remember there has been animosity been the workers and the so-called educated. However I have always noticed that it is generally the "Educated" that are the most contemptuous of the two groups. Whenever this topic comes up the first person that comes to mind is my ex-wifes entitled K-State grad nephew..

For example..

'Why should I pay someone (non-educated) $20 per hour when I can get a bunch of "Dumb Mexicans" to to it for $5 per hour'.

'We know that 60% of these people cannot afford to buy a house and will default within 12 months, but it's not my fault if these un-educated f***s are stupid enough to sign the paper work.'

'All I care about is getting my commission'

This same lazy ass pays to hunt deer that are essentially penned in, and pays people to drag out his kill and process it.