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k8si on Aug 15, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: They're Killing the Humanities on Purpose

"Only rich kids should get to choose what they study in school, poor kids are too dumb to make their own choices"

zdragnar on Aug 15, 2025 [–]

The argument is rather that humanities degrees are a luxury item. Neither kids just starting out their adult lives nor society should be burdened propping up departments whose value doesn't match their price tag.

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