I really don’t understand people who don’t want to contribute to an overall better society.

I’m happy to pay more in taxes to have a healthier, better educated, and more stable society. It pays dividends.

I’ll just assume your family is penniless, sent you to poorly funded K-12 schools, and kicked you out on your ass onto the street the day you turned 18 with no warning or support of any kind, and you still somehow got a degree without debt.

Otherwise, you’d be a raging hippocrite born on third base crowing like you hit a triple! Clearly though that can’t be the case.

I’m sorry your family did you like that though, that’s rough.

Well it is if you want a healthy society, other wise sure, every man for himself.

it’s not my responsibility to bail them out of their problems.

Counter argument: Yes it is. As much as any responsibility exists at all, you have a responsibility to your fellow people.

“Well it’s not my responsibility” leads to a shittier world. And since you apparently have a degree and no debt, you can spare the energy to be better.

Or maybe just watch “The Good Place” again.

No?

• Then don’t call the police when your house gets robbed because you chose not to build the walls and doors out of nearly unbreakable titanium, build the windows out of nearly unbreakable 6 inch plexiglass, and install the best available security system in the world. I don’t want to be paying for your choices, and this is your problem now.
• Don’t call the fire department when it burns down, either. Especially if you didn’t install a halon fire suppression system in every room and closet. Sorry for the loss of your house, neighbor, but your choices, your problem.
• Quit driving on public roads. Getting around without using them is your problem and I don’t want to pay for it.
• You’d better send your kids to private schools. It’s expensive, but hey, that’s your problem.
• Fortify the hell out of your home. If we ever get invaded, I don’t want the military defending it. It would suck if it got attacked and destroyed, but that’s your problem; I’m not bailing you out.

In fact, you know what? You should just drop out of society, go buy your own island, and declare yourself sovereign. There, you will only ever have to deal with your own choices and problems. You’ll never have responsibility for anyone else’s, and no one will have responsibility for yours.

The rest of us will be over here enjoying something called civilization, where people join together for their mutual benefit and aid.

You think you’re personally paying off other people’s student loans? Don’t bother answering you’re obviously just a troll.

What’s your opinion on bailing out Mega Corporations who didn’t responsibly save their money? Or is it ok to bail out Mega Corps but not ok to bail out your mechanic?

this is such a delusional and likely spoiled statement

A 17 year old kid is forced into taking on debt to attend college with, at the time they agree to it, no way of paying it off. It’s a gamble any which way you slice it. And they have no frame of reference to understand the decision they’re making.

The school isn’t on the hook to ensure they get gainful employment that would pay them enough to manage that debt. The loan servicer isn’t either. Only the kid is going to be held to anything, yet the shitty take is always, “They knew what they were signing up for, so fuck em. I want them to suffer for their bad decision.”

With all sincerity, I hope you encounter misfortune through no fault of your own that ruins your financial security for the next 20 years.

Maybe that’ll teach you a little empathy.