This guys nails it. No one can take the education away but without the ability to afford to buy a house , the American Dream, it’s all meaningless
He is not wrong...
“How come no one talks about how we spent 13 to 20 years in a row worrying and stressing about trying to get good grades when it all got us the same exact thing."
What did it really buy us?
-An hour-long commute, five days a week.
-40 hours in a cubicle, around people we don’t even like.
-Tiny 2% raises while real inflation eats 5–10%.
-A salary that can’t even buy a house.
And that salary I mentioned? Yeah, you can't afford to buy a house with it. Not even close.
"But what it really delivered was 40–50 years of trading away our best years… for maybe 10–15 years of retirement when we’re too old to enjoy it."
"Starting a business like I did shouldn't be the only option that people have to escape this madness.”