> We need to warn our young people against falling into similar traps. It’s not victim blaming, it’s just honesty about what’s happening.
It is victim blaming.
Rather than warning young people about the dangers of a solid education, we should make getting that education not dangerous. We fucked up universities with layers of bureaucracy, bizarre funding and compensation schemes, and vocational focus. Admitting and fixing that is being honest about what's happening. Telling people not to get degrees in the fields that might fix this just makes it worse.
Liberal arts aren't a solid education for survival. I'd rather the major/minor system to allow people to study these things while getting a useful qualification alongside.
It is victim blaming.
Rather than warning young people about the dangers of a solid education, we should make getting that education not dangerous. We fucked up universities with layers of bureaucracy, bizarre funding and compensation schemes, and vocational focus. Admitting and fixing that is being honest about what's happening. Telling people not to get degrees in the fields that might fix this just makes it worse.