This hurts a lot. Lots of capable people that were needed in key industries were lost due to capitalism.
I would argue it is also because the ruling class retaina these degrees for themselves, as it allows them to maintain a chokehold on the superstructure - control the mainstream ideology, media narratives, create justifications for their own parasitic existence, etc
There is certainly a lot of truth in this. Liberal crackdown on social sciences is clear example - they are demonised as “useless” while in fact they are anything but, bourgeoisie firm control on economics, sociology, politogy and history is one of the mainstay of their status quo.
It’s nothing new by the way, it’s very similar as ancient Romans forbidding teaching of rhetorics to anyone but their ruling class, because it was instrumental skill in any public career.
the status quo is at once ‘capitalism is the best system we got, freest shit ever, yo don’t even try anything else we have it sorted’ and ‘you need to live in reality, the world is the way the world is, we can’t fix problems inherent our society’
What they actually mean is, “Capitalism is the only system that lets me chase my dreams of ruthlessly exploiting the poor.”
Land of the Free ™ *
* Void where prohibited.
Tbf art degrees are useless compared to the other degrees mentioned.
