&gt;In the US, we can&#x27;t go to university for $500 a year, like in some European countries. Or like our parents did a generation ago.<p>Since we agree it need not be this way (for it hasn&#x27;t always been), it&#x27;s prudent to ask why we choose to enrich the few at the cost of the many.<p>The derision is not towards the fiscally prudent, but towards the stewards that have squandered the nation&#x27;s intellectual birthright in favor of social Darwinism.<p>It&#x27;s sheer opportunism on the part of money lenders upheld by the old guard of &quot;Protestant work ethic.&quot; A perfect storm of exploitation in which we should refuse to participate.