Quote (Black XistenZ @ Oct 11 2020 02:08pm)
The allocation of people to white- and blue-collar jobs should be based on propensity and different talents though, not on whose family has more money.
That's really the part where meritocracy falls apart in practice: in a truly meritocratic society, a lot of the sons and daughters of middle class parents would have to "move down the social ladder" and become carpenters, plumbers etc. - low status, "work with your hands and get dirty"-jobs. And they cant possibly accept that, so they throw absurd amounts of resources at their mediocre offspring to keep them in the upper echelons of society, which is turning education into an overcrowded arms race and a 'war' of attrition.
I never said middle class people shouldn't be able to get a loan m8, but if they do then the responsible (and smart) thing to do is to pay it back as quickly as they can and they can then move on.
This really is simple logic unless you like to pay interest forever which is exactly what a lot of people do and the reason why loans become death traps.
e: yes I agree talents are surely an important factor here, as well as to chose wisely before taking out a huge loan
This post was edited by Djunior on Oct 11 2020 06:37am