And that would help... how?

Higher ed. is nearly free across most of Continental Western Europe, afaik. Students still want some returns for the years of delayed income...

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Originally Posted by Gilles de Rais

And that would help... how?

I've already explained this, and the reason is right there in the bit of the article I just quoted:

And many of them bear the inflated expectations of their parents, who emptied their bank accounts to buy them the good life that a higher education is presumed to guarantee

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Higher ed. is nearly free across most of Continental Western Europe, afaik. Students still want some returns for the years of delayed income...

I've already said I think people should be paid to study.

Then why would anyone ever work?

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Originally Posted by Gilles de Rais

Then why would anyone ever work?

Becuuse otherwise there won;t be any like, food on the table? And becuase work is, or at least can bem a satuisfying form of self-expression?

Originally Posted by contracycle

Because otherwise there won't be any like, food on the table?

If they're paid, why would there be no food on the table?

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And because work is, or at least can be a satisfying form of self-expression?

Right. It's well known that most productive work available is a satisfying form of self-expression... I mean, yes, it can be - But it's pretty damn rare.

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Originally Posted by Gilles de Rais

If they're paid, why would there be no food on the table?

Shrug, I dunno, you the one who thinks no-one will work.

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Right. It's well known that most productive work available is a satisfying form of self-expression... I mean, yes, it can be - But it's pretty damn rare.

I don't know anyone who doesn't feel more fulfilled and in control of their destinies as worker, however shitty it might be, then they did as a student.

Originally Posted by contracycle

Shrug, I dunno, you the one who thinks no-one will work.

Ah well, I kinda assume that someone would still work somewhere but you're technically right - If everybody is paid to study, no work will get done and the money will be useless...

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I don't know anyone who doesn't feel more fulfilled and in control of their destinies as worker, however shitty it might be, then they did as a student.

Would that be because they are able to generate an income for themselves while they were financially struggling while studying? Why, I think that might be that.

But if studying is paying a safe and nice salary, I am pretty sure people would adapt.

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Originally Posted by Gilles de Rais

Ah well, I kinda assume that someone would still work somewhere but you're technically right - If everybody is paid to study, no work will get done and the money will be useless...

Thats your exegaration, don;t look to me for validation.

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Would that be because they are able to generate an income for themselves while they were financially struggling while studying? Why, I think that might be that.

No. It's about responsibility and control, the sense of being an active agent in the world instead of being carried along by it.