based on nothing whereas economics is decidedly not.

Incorrect. It is garbage based on whatever power structure says is true. Basically religion.

You take at face-value that certain subsets of economists argue in favor of bank bailouts but against student loan relief is proof that they’re evil, or garbage, or bought and paid for, without even understanding the arguments

How did you determine what I know and don’t know? Please show me your methodology of mindreading. Hey everyone watch as this one ignores this question

The bank bailouts were loans which the banks paid back

Gotcha. Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. The loan portion was a fraction of the entire bailout package. There was also the shutdown of their competition via stresstesting and the excessive reserve program which dwarfed the loan portion. Plus there is the get out of jail free card the government issued to them. I am going to assume you knew about all three and like your economists friends were hoping that I didn’t. A lie by omission. Garbage rhetorical tricks they teach in economic classes these days.

If I paid off a cop to not arrest you, gave you a free apartment building to live in, murdered your rivals, and then you paid me back ten bucks you lent me before that would pretty much describe what happened.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_reserves

would you be fine with the government giving out more loans to pay off existing student loans?

I don’t know, go ask the bank that pays you to tell you what to think to do.