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> But aren't these debts self imposed?

My parents told me that my entire family would line up and beat the shit out of me if I didn't go to college.

I'm sure most people had something more sane happen to them.

Society proudly brainwashes and propagandizes heavily the necessity of a degree. At some point, consent is coercively manufactured.

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So we're cool with Peer pressure made me do it? I mean that's okay I suppose. But every time I've done something for peer pressure, I've had to pay for it myself. Still the debt was on me.

I'd say about half the kids I work with have no degree. They're Javascript devs or designers and they are sharp as tacks. I guess it depends on the industry, but for software devs, it's becoming less and less important.

>So we're cool with Peer pressure made me do it?

At some point you're just victim blaming into the wind. No man is an island.

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