"same skill set as" No... they are behind that guy. That guy has been working as a plumber or truck driver with 5+ years of experience that the college kids don't have. Meanwhile, the younger kids see the rising costs and hear "the protections against paying back are ending" and realize that outside of STEM or degrees that need accreditation (Lawyers, doctors, accountants, etc)? Maybe it's not worth it to go 100k in debt and be unqualified to server at starbucks.

The real solution is to require in person registration of some sort. Verify you're a human. Requiring payments helps as well as it ties you to credit cards and the like but AI hasn't created human passing robots yet. (Yet, being the key word)

"In the old days college was just as expensive as now" Considering that since 1979, inflation has risen 300%... but college costs have risen as high as 1300%... How do you think college was "just as expensive then" when the facts say otherwise? Its amazing you're pushing socialism by pushing... lies? (Is there any other way to push socialism?)

Kameltoe is "unburndened by what has been" and used Joy - the same prop as other Communists like Mao - to try and get elected "For The People". Kamunist was the fuerthist left in 2019 - further than even Bernie who is DEFINITELY a socialist.

Good thing Trump has never been convicted in a criminal court for rape. And if you vote for the party of Epstein, Weinstein, Diddy, Cosby, Clinton? You can't exactly claim to support women...

"projecting himself unto his enemies" The same enemies who claim he will turn the justice system against them after years of them doing the same? The people who silenced free speech and lied about Russia Russia Russia and the Laptop to influence elections? Projection is happening but not in the way you think it is...

... and no one is there to hear it... does it make a noise? If a post is made on Threads.... is anyone there to notice it disappear?

the problem is the alternatives (communism, socialism, etc) are worse in every way. Tragedy of the commons is a nice buzzword and does a real good job of ignoring reality.

"universally recognized" except in the real world where it's the way of life. Oh... you think families can front the money to build million - or hundreds of millions - dollar buildings? I bet you think random people could get together and front the money it takes to build a company like Tesla that was unprofitable for 15 or so years? The problem with your "universally recognized failure" is that you provide no solutions and brings no economic knowledge to counter whats commonly called reality. Utopia is a nice dream... but sadly... reality gets in the way.

Say you don't understand infrastructure without saying you don't understand infrastructure.

... who've never held a job think they know what works best. Worse than people with MBAs.

Well you shouldn't be using your phone without screen protectors and body protectors so get a screen protector that negates the glossy screen. Those are some of the easiest things to get and the best options aren't Apple branded and taxed.

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We don't have the rest of the conversation (IE: Was the texted contract, thumbs up always followed by a physical contract signed? Sometimes? etc). But you're attributing malice to someone who could be factually and honestly simply saying "I agree... that you sent me a contract that we need to recieve and sign with an actual pen on paper". I don't think there needs to be a notary for contract law (even if you use one for documentation) but there does need to be clarity because even you agree that "thumbs up" has multiple meanings and "I agree to look at the contract" is not the same as "I agree that I received a copy" is not the same as "I agree to the terms of the contract". Or, as you say, " And the fact the 'thumbs up' is vague is nowhere a good enough reason to let someone out of a contract." - which can be summed up as "The fact that it's vague means it can't be relied upon to stand in place of a real contract". The only difference is you assume malice on the farmers part and reasonable people don't.

Amazing that checks for doing nothing resorted in people buying shit... and now that the checks have stopped? People aren't buying shit. Who could have ever known that? Next you'll be hearing made up stories about how printing money is going to cause massive inflation around the world.

Almost like unscientific, unproven lockdowns and masks that don't stop virus transmission... paired with "vaccines" that don't cure, block or stop COVID... was a disaster on every level.