There’s other options if you’re willing to move to a developed nation: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-with-free-college
Signing a contract to be the governments whipping boy is orders of magnitudes easier than getting a visa to a country that doesn’t have military intervention as it’s chief export.
But is it worth it? Or easier in the long-run?
No, but what does that change? There’s more than enough people who will choose the easy option with immediate gain.
why wouldn’t it be worth it? you end up living somewhere far more reasonable
Just go to Europe instead.
“If the government provides college tuition and healthcare, then no one will want to (or be financially forced to) join the US military! And we can’t increase the minimum wage because we desperately don’t want them to have the money to move to another country!”
Things that would be said if politicians didn’t hide behind lies.