A strawman is an intentional misrepresentation of a proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument.
So where's the strawman? People do get degrees that many people and the labor market itself finds useless. Lots of people get them! No strawman.
The problem is the cost of higher ed and the number of people going to get a degree that is effectively a certificate to work in the US economy
The cost of higher education has been driven by the misguided attempts by the government to make college affordable. As for a degree being necessary to work in the U.S. economy - I know first hand this is not the case. At all. But trying to convince someone with a PhD and "a few masters" of this fact is going to be as successful as trying to convince an 80 year old life-young devout follower of a religion that they're wrong about their religion on their deathbed.
A strawman is an intentional misrepresentation of a proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument.
So where's the strawman? People do get degrees that many people and the labor market itself finds useless. Lots of people get them! No strawman.
The problem is the cost of higher ed and the number of people going to get a degree that is effectively a certificate to work in the US economy
The cost of higher education has been driven by the misguided attempts by the government to make college affordable. As for a degree being necessary to work in the U.S. economy - I know first hand this is not the case. At all. But trying to convince someone with a PhD and "a few masters" of this fact is going to be as successful as trying to convince an 80 year old life-young devout follower of a religion that they're wrong about their religion on their deathbed.