Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "Why the school-college-job pathway is about to go extinct | Jamie Merisotis | Big Think" video.

@chrisose Does a 5% holdout of the labor market 100 years from now really matter? Mexicans aren't the threat- robots are, and when companies decide they're better to invest than human workers, because they're infinitely cheaper, you'll be fucked.
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@hermes0623 Fuck off. You wanna tell me that every single WWII veteran graduated with a degree that could afford him a house and a car? The government literally gave them handouts just because they served. Compare that to now, Vietnam and Afghan vets are in the streets with untreated mental problems from being shelled for years. The WWII vets had the same issues, but they could hide out in their free houses. Now that they're old and afraid of dying, all they do is criticize people whose youth they're jealous of and whose struggle they ironically dismiss while having gone through struggle themselves. Two-faced wrinkly pieces of shit.
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@jaieet You wanna lift with your back and throw it out? Be my guest tough guy. Army vets couldn't handle Amazon's ridiculous schedule, so if you think destroying your body is something you can put on your resume, go out there and do it! Also, trade schools still cost money, and not everyone can weld. We need higher education. And "sucking it up" won't get you an engineering job that millions of other people are vying for. Again, if you think flipping burgers is a good alternative, then I would have to think you just don't want college to exist at all
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I think the guy means in general. So many people will have degree that getting one won't guarantee you shit (whereas it did for our parents and grandparents). How did you miss the whole damn point?
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@SteashEdits It's not economically sustainable or viable at a large scale. Moving industry faster than people can adapt- or afford- will crash it. From a personal view, I'm sure work is nice, but you'll soon find that the abstract "pleasure" or your career gets slapped by economics. Someone will do your job for less, so you need to keep investing in college to earn better positions. See the conundrum?
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