It's mostly small colleges no one has heard of though.

I just had a laugh at that, pratel.

try as they might

Ironically, the more right-leaning ones.

I really shouldn't have.

The one affiliated with Bernie Sander's wife wnet bankrupt and closed. That was a minor controversy actually as there were some sketchy loans approved near the end of it all.

Yeah, I'm wondering about the colleges with sprawling campuses.

Ones with dormatories.

That would include the ones that were closed.

The big state schools aren't closing, they have too much grip on state politicians and too much money.

But the small privates in weird corners of the country? Collapsing at an alarming rate.

Harvard thinks there will be half as many Unis in 2030 as there are now.

I have to wonder how bad they can hurt before the politicians call it though...

Forever.

What do you think "free college for all" does?

destroys us.

devalues college to bascially being a high school diploma

Also correct.

lowers the quality, and creates a giant burden on the taxpayers

Tbh at some point the political parties have to be upended, on one side or the other

Eliminates competition between colleges.

They should be, Beemann

But it's a 'You First' standoff.

There's too many "this exists because why would politicians vote against it" scenarios

That's why, right now, we need to try to reform one party

and I don't think we'll get very far with the Democrats.

It also crystallizes Social Justice forever and makes college even more important for getting a good job.

@RyeNorth what do you propose?

As I've said

Get involved with the Republican Party.

A political party is it's membership.

The only way to sway one is to join one and start steering.

This is how the Democrats got to where they are.

They're in their Donkey-shaped Zord already. We're still on the ground getting stepped on.

Yeah.

Though I don't think the Republican party is nearly that powerful.

Two words. Donald J. Trump.

I threw a letter in free.

Really, there needs to be a better ACLU. One dedicated to protecting free speech without reservation.

An alternative to the SPLC that doesn't just make hatchet jobs to deperson people.

Organizations to connect people and get them to help, as the church did in the past and groups like We (on the left) do now