For the record, I’m not American nor live in the US, but I have a 19-year-old son who started attending the University of Chicago this year, studying economics. Just the tuition itself is $70k. My husband and I are lucky enough to be able to afford it - I still believe it’s an outrageous amount of money to attend college.

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    Is that just America though? Are there other countries where profit isn’t king?

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      I’m pretty confident the French wouldn’t stand for “rule by profit”

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      not that im aware of.

      america was founded on this crazy idea of ‘rugged individualism’. that ‘socialism’ is inherently evil. its every man for themselves, and anyone not rich is so because they arent doing it correctly.

      its also the reason why even a class full of dead kindergartners is ok as long as we get to keep our guns.