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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by mastermind@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] dan@upvote.au 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Australia you get a loan for university, but the loan is an interest-free loan with the government (it's just indexed for inflation once per year), you don't have to pay it off until you're earning over around AU$55k/year, and the government heavily subsidises the cost for citizens and permanent residents.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or Europe, where it's completely free.

[–] enthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Definitely not true in all of Europe. We pay in the Netherlands. In fact, I decided to go to school here since I never got to in the US, and found out I can't even take out a student loan because I'm over 35.

Don't even get me started on the STAP budget!