Comments by "MrEkzotic" (@MrEkzotic) on "Ben Shapiro gives bold take on college degrees | Everything will Be Okay" video.

@LorraElizabeth Believe it or not, the life goals of some people don't include being filthy rich. If you want to become filthy rich, nobody is stopping you from achieving that goal through starting a business or investing in one. Is it difficult? Yes. Does it require risk? Do you have to make sacrifices? Yes. Will you fail the first time? Most likely. Is it possible to do? Yes. Example, Michael Dell started Dell Computer in his dorm room with $1000. If you don't like capitalism, what economic system would you prefer? The problems with capitalism aren't with the system itself, but with laws that tilt the playing field. Grants, bailouts, tax incentives, regulations, cronyism, etc are all vulnerable to hijacking by unscrupulous actors for self benefit. Even with these flaws, capitalism is still the most effective economic model for prosperity and improving quality of life.
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@Muck006 Sure, science degrees require more rigorous study and lots of practice, but a dedicated person with a higher than average intelligence could grasp these subject areas through autodidactism.
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@revrotunda3206 That is a practice in some companies, but not all companies suppress talent through these practices. Good managers will promote a person with talent and ability over a degree'd person who lacks those qualities.
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@chasbodaniels1744 Go do some research on the Frankfurt School and listen to Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America. Then come back and tell me there is no indoctrination at universities.
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@mattfoley6082 There appears to be something very wrong with you people. You seem to be full of hate for anyone who doesn't believe exactly what you believe. Why can't we just respect each other's opinions and beliefs, get along, and live our lives? Seriously, if you were about to die in a house fire and someone risked their life to save you, would you care if they vote for Trump or if they go to church every Sunday? Probably not. You would probably even thank them. We all need to stop with the hate and ridicule, we are Americans, most of us are good people and want the same things. If we disagree on something, why can't we just have a substantive discussion about it, sans puerile insults?
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@coteybucket Yes, but that's hard to do when the mainstream media propagandists like CNN and MSNBC push leftist dogma and coordinate their reporting of disinformation. Fox is bad too, but nowhere near the level of BS pushed by those two clown networks.
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@nataliewalton5118 Parents raise their children with the values they believe are important. That's not the same thing as indoctrination. Many universities do indoctrinate students.
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@okkj2075 I agree 100%, you don't really need a degree to learn anything. Any person with sufficient intelligence, perseverance, self discipline, and a strong work ethic can self teach any subject he/she has the desire to grasp. For example, Leonardo Da Vinci, a beyond brilliant polymath with no formal education beyond basic reading, writing, and arithmetic; and Nikola Tesla, a college dropout likely responsible for the most significant positive impact to quality of life for all of humanity. However, degrees are required if you wish to work professionally in some fields, such as law, medicine, civil engineering, etc. While I can understand the necessity of requiring proof of education in medicine and in some engineering fields, I never understood why most states require a law degree to sit for the bar exam. My nephew could probably pass the state bar, but he hasn't a law degree.
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@revrotunda3206 Ok, then you meant to say "some employers," not "some jobs." Is that correct?
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@revrotunda3206 Yes, but one employer may require a masters degree for a systems architect while for the same job, another employer requires no degree, just demonstrated experience and talent. That's what I was getting at.
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@beyond_the_infinite2098 Cool. How was it going back to school at 45?
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@alexthegreat062 There is Marxism and other economic models.
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@coteybucket Yes, I agree.
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