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I am genuinely convinced that tertiary education is a scam for most jobs.
Fuck do I need a Bachelor’s Degree for a glorified customer service role? Why do I have to go to college for three years just to be a supervisor? Like, what is this nonsense? These aren’t complicated roles but they want me to have a degree in order to do something as basic as tracking truck routes.
This is just financial gatekeeping to keep poor people out of these roles and I don’t understand why. What’s the end game here? How do the bourgeoisie benefit from artificially limiting their recruitment pool like this?
it is, it only started being a thing like 25-30 years ago when tertiary education was opened up
bingo. Its a hazing ritual. The wealthy can get through easily because they dont have to worry about anything other than going through school. The poor people who can complete the process of getting higher education are then forced to stay poor to pay off student loans. They have had to work so hard to pay for their subsistence while also doing the work of studying that they are stripped of any time for politics.
If you put an application out for a basic role, you’ll get hundreds of applicants. To save on processing costs, they’ll put bullshit requirements to limit the number of applications.
Having been through university proves you respect deadlines and can follow orders competently, especially if they’re complicated, poorly expressed, or totally arbitrary. Degrees are super common nowadays so if you’re an employer, you’re gonna want the candidate that has proof of being at least somewhat intelligent and obedient over a candidate that doesn’t, all else equal.