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Shumagorath
Jun 6, 2001

Moridin920 posted:

meanwhile other countries subsidize higher education to the point that it is basically free so as to remain competitive in a rapidly globalizing market place
Having a tiny population and massive oil wealth isn't something every country can count on. It's a question of whether you want to pay for it now in tuition or pay much more for it later in taxes.

Military service to fund education definitely has some negative cultural / economic implications but the skills, work ethic and maturity gained are almost as valuable as a good co-op year which you only see in top-level STEM programs. That, and everyone I've ever seen at a rally demanding free tuition wouldn't last ten minutes in basic or a math class.

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Shumagorath
Jun 6, 2001

corpuscollossus posted:

You also get to compound the world's problems by killing children with drones, enforcing american hegemony and creating the petri dish of misery and contempt that provides the political will for ISIS to exist. Its a coin flip but that theology degree isn't going to pay for itself.
CIA program, not necessarily a bad thing, and the result of one hundred years of poor strategic decisions since the fall of the ottomans. It's not like the army/navy can't do positive things like disaster relief (see Typhoon Haiyan where all but one of the top seven international response forces was military-based). Serving or not serving won't change any of the things you mentioned; voting and becoming engaged in the political system will.

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Shumagorath
Jun 6, 2001

A misanthrope posted:


good to see edward snowden getting some perspective

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Shumagorath
Jun 6, 2001

This guy is ~27 now, tattoo or incarceration status unknown.

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