Ive read various points of view concerning the reasons non-college-educated people react as they do. The quote below seems to sum up a prevalent theory that I find disagreeable. (Didnt cite the New York Times article because of their paywall.)
There continues to be a societal blindness to the fact that a college education has become the default validation and gatekeeper to success. It doesnt necessarily mark the boundaries of intelligence but those of class and the financial ability to buy your way to a decent job. More to the point I think formal education actually dulls the use of critical thinking in regards societal issues because it plants the false belief that education can make you a superior intellect. It does not.
Tracey and I were fortunate to make our own successes without the necessity of a sheepskin but that ability is becoming much less available in todays age of the #EducationMafia.
I dont think a lack of formal education is the mark of those who rebel against Hillarity and the establishment. I think it is despair and the belief that it really cant get any worse than deciding between peanut butter and crackers or ramen noodles for supper.
MjL 03 Nov 2016, 4:59 a.m.
MjL 03 Nov 2016, 7:13 a.m.
My SSD drive currently has 12.7 TB writes and should last for at least 700 TB. I installed it in March of this year. So I should be good for a few more years.