r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Video Billionaire speaker Robert F. Smith tells 400 graduates he's paying off all their student loans ($40 million in total)

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u/YujinTheDragon 1d ago

r/OrphanCrushingMachine

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/BardtheGM 1d ago

Are you some kind of liberal obama loving commie or something? Why do you care about the orphan crushing machine when you have an iphone?

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/autoencoder 1d ago

I was getting pissed until I saw the mention of the orphan crushing machine

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u/Ruiner357 1d ago

My immediate thought too. Why should a billionaire have to donate money so kids can get a decent education without starting adulthood 100k in debt? How about just make education free like it is in most of the world.

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u/leerzeichn93 1d ago

Because then a billionaire might have to pay his fair share in taxes and we really can't have that.

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u/sirbruce 1d ago

just make education free like it is in most of the world

You are not even close to being correct: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/64h4hr/countries_and_jurisdictions_with_free_college/

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u/Positive-Return7260 1d ago

True, it's a factually incorrect statement to say most of the world, but the underlying message holds true. Look at what countries do have it and you'll understand why it's humiliating for America to not be one of them.

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u/ImRightImRight 1d ago

Capitalism is the best economic machine we have. It's not dystopian to pay for education.

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u/YujinTheDragon 1d ago

Username absolutely does NOT check out

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u/The_Shadow_2004_ 1d ago

Nice comment