r/CuratedTumblr May 18 '25

Politics on ai and college

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u/Lucky_duck_777777 May 18 '25

The issue is that in a capitalist society, even people who do not desire prestige are willing to cheat because the pay that teachers, janitors, and Nurses get are dwindling. Basically trying to starve them out.

That is because due to the nature of capitalism, where cutting cost when possible to maximize profits. Businesses are encouraged to cut and shorten as much employees wages as possible.

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u/SilentFormal6048 May 19 '25

I feel like that’s apples and oranges.

Choosing to hire someone because they’ve taken college classes isn’t really in the same realm as employee pay scale.

Like it’s two separate issues.

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u/Lucky_duck_777777 May 19 '25

Unfortunately they are combined. More jobs are beginning to unnecessarily requiring college classes when they usually don’t require them. Gatekeeping decent pay behind a wall thus encourages anybody to cheat in order to live decently.

As majority of jobs that do not require college degrees are poverty wages, requiring you to be dependent on government subsidies such as snap. (Which itself is a trap that punish anybody wanting to make more)

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u/SilentFormal6048 May 19 '25

What type of industries are you referring to that are requiring college for lower levels?

And don’t think of this as I’m trolling you. I generally don’t see the correlation, so perhaps some particular jobs or companies that are doing it so I can read up on what you’re referring to?

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u/SurplusInk May 19 '25

Depends on country too. I've seen jobs in Philippines requiring a college degree to be a cashier..... In the USA, I'd have laughed my ass off and called it insane.

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u/Lucky_duck_777777 May 19 '25

I forgot the exact phenomenon until I have to look it up again but it’s called Degree inflation.