in the US liberal wonk freaks are having a meltdown at the mere suggestion of cancelling all student loan debt or even anything a cent above 10K, while in germany and other civilized countries students are actually paid to go to college. the american liberal class is deranged
oh btw biden isn't going to do the 10K either. republicans will do a news cycle on it and block it in congress and he'll say "SORRY THE MODERATE VOTERS WONT ALLOW IT" via an executive order, and that'll be the end of that. "buh he haz the most progressive platform in history!!1!"
more details on the german system: if you're eligible you get full grants, otherwise you can get half as a zero-interest loan, only to be repaid once you earn above a certain threshold, and half as a grant. denmark, finland, sweden et al give full grants to everyone
to the europeans saying the system in germany, sweden, finland, denmark et al isn't good enough: I agree! the payments given should be enough to cover full expenses. but I was just using it as a contrast with the situation in the UK and especially the US, which is dystopian
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since the neoliberal revolution universities have become increasingly financialized, with the "college experience" turned into a commodity managed and sold by HR and PR departments that greatly exceed any research and teaching funding and personnel. universities are brands now
and their clientele are prospective students. their incentive structure is set up to as to maximize this clientele so as to maximize their profits, which leads to ever exorbitant tuition fees and other costs and a hyper-sensitivity to protecting their brand
this financialization and marketization of the university has a distorting effect on all relations within it: between students and teachers/researchers and among students and teachers/researchers themselves, which is expressed in all sorts of pathologies
I love how it's being presented as a feel-good story that a landlord who has the ability to not charge rent is intentionally deciding to tie it to their commitment to do free labour for the sake of her philanthropy PR, with no consideration for the impact this has on them
dangling the prospect of rent deductions in front of people who are already beyond the breaking point, and framing it in such a way that if they can't do it and get evicted it's their fault for being lazy/uncaring? this may very well be the most sadistic shit I have ever seen
mussolini, hitler and other fascists are always funded by major industrialists and other capitalist interests as a means of preserving the capitalist system when it's threatened. its intrinsic instability leads to the periodic rise of fascistic tendencies. always. everywhere.
here's a list of german, american and other corporations which happily collaborated with the nazis: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c…
turns out the whole "omg destiny was cancelled by DSA! PURITY POLITICS OMG" was just a pathetic excuse by that grifter for being a lazy hack who didn't plan anything in advance for the canvassing, and, most tellingly, his refusal to pay to get voting data from another org
this is why you never take anything he says seriously. he's a pathological liar whose sole aim is to advance his personal brand and grift. the whole "LETS CANVASS IN GEORGIA" thing was just a PR exercise. he wasn't even willing to pay a little to get the necessary voting data
ask yourself: if he really believed that the fate of the world depends on canvassing in georgia, why did he not pay a little from his lucrative career sitting on his ass all day typing out the n-word to get the necessary data and do it with his dozen or so fanboys? it's a grift
georgia is a state w/ a huge black population, who form the base of the dem coalition. imagine anyone w/ any political sense wanting to associate themselves with a white neoliberal twitch gamerbro who proudly boasts about "saying the n-word all the time"
this grifter spent the last few months rage-whining incessantly about "BAD OPTICS" over slogans and protests, yet expects anyone with a modicum of political understanding to willingly associate themselves with his toxic racist bidenbro ass? lmao ok
what I wouldn't give to see destiny going door to door in atlanta reading out his 10.000 word n-word manifesto (yes, he actually wrote one of those). try that shit in the real world and see how it works out you little bitch
I have to add this line breaks my heart every time: "the sanctions killed a million iraqis, most of them children; most of them died before they even knew that they were iraqis, but they died for no other reason other than that they were iraqis"
it is crucial to keep in mind that this is not just history, it is present
the people responsible for this, republicans and democrats alike, are still in power today. joe biden did this. the people trump put in his cabinet did this. they're all still in power. and every time I think about it it makes me want to vomit in disgust