r/nextfuckinglevel • u/matori_tester • 2d ago

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/b00c 2d ago edited 1d ago

I can't relate. Around here education isn't a privilege of the rich ones.

e: priviledge lol. i speak languages, you know.

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u/EinTheDataDoge 1d ago

You are in a super minority! Congratulations!

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u/Buddhabellymama 1d ago

More like the US is a minority…

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u/EinTheDataDoge 1d ago

Do you think large portion of the world’s population has access to free college?

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u/JeChanteCommeJeremy 1d ago

Yes.

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u/EinTheDataDoge 1d ago

167 out of 193 countries would disagree with you.

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u/Abardrumt 1d ago

My dude I live in Mexico and we got free college. Hell, two of these universities are of great quality too and one of them occupies the 94th place in the QS World University Rankings, which ranks more than 1500 institutions around the world.

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u/EinTheDataDoge 1d ago

Congratulations! You live in one of 26 countries!

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u/Haru_023 1d ago edited 1d ago

Lol even here in Argentina we have free college.

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u/EinTheDataDoge 1d ago

Congratulations! You live in one of 26 countries!

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u/Buddhabellymama 1d ago

Of the developed worled, yes.

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u/EinTheDataDoge 1d ago

So you agree that a vast majority of the world does not have access to free college.