Seriously compare these two sales pitches from the perspective of a teenager who's nervous about starting out life on their own:
"Take out a student loan so you can get a degree and get a good job that will pay off the loan and get you secure."
vs
"Take out a student loan, even though you have a 50% chance of dropping out and being left a renter working at McDonalds and a mountain of student debt... so that you'll know how to fight fascism."
Obviously the financial ROI is what is most important here to the people who have a greatest stake in matter. Getting people into financial trouble to prepare them to fight any sort of political extremism is probably completely counterproductive anyway; if somebody is trapped in debt and looking for solutions they're more likely to fall in with rising populists figures.
"Take out a student loan so you can get a degree and get a good job that will pay off the loan and get you secure."
vs
"Take out a student loan, even though you have a 50% chance of dropping out and being left a renter working at McDonalds and a mountain of student debt... so that you'll know how to fight fascism."
Obviously the financial ROI is what is most important here to the people who have a greatest stake in matter. Getting people into financial trouble to prepare them to fight any sort of political extremism is probably completely counterproductive anyway; if somebody is trapped in debt and looking for solutions they're more likely to fall in with rising populists figures.