#imo this shit is the real propaganda. it's marketing itself to people who either don't have many options or poo-poo education as a whole | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

lookwhatilost · 1 year

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i wonder where people get the idea from that trades are across the board good jobs and teachers propagandizing about college is the only reason people do not want to work jobs like that. for one, they do not, in fact, pay well most of the time.

like, 1996 called. it wants its hot take back.

#i'm not saying college is necessary but a degree gives you more flexibility long term #if you get sick of welding... like. good luck in the job market my friend because it will not be very kind to you in trying to break away #not to mention that this stuff is hard on your body. so even if the pay was good it's still more money out of your pocket down the line #people are just incapable of thinking in the long term and don't think about this.#yeah yeah capitalism bad and it shouldn't be this way. this problem is that. well. it is.#turns out laying tar on roofs is liable to give you skin cancer. plumbing is hard on your knees. and long haul trucking is...#...disastrous for your entire body #imo this shit is the real propaganda. it's marketing itself to people who either don't have many options or poo-poo education as a whole #to begin with #and for that latter group appealing to their sense of pride in anti-intellectualism #you may not have noticed it but my brain did!

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