Engineering majors need like 4 years of pure humanities classes to fix what’s wrong in their mind. This whole thread is so cruel to op.
Problem with the third world is, anybody who can make their society any better chooses not to and instead try to move to western countries and do engineering jobs there.
We could fix this problem by simply paying third world workers the same as first world workers so they have no economic incentive to leave their homeland… oh wait, that would require putting an end to imperialism and neo-colonialism. I wonder why that isn’t happening?
Low-key I do wonder if work from home stuff would result in this in the end. It’s definitely a contradiction at least
Imperialism keeps the periphery underdeveloped and overexploited through various methods so that the wage disparity can continue regardless of the material conditions in the imperial core. For example, if a nation in the periphery were to build their own factories and begin to outproduce the imperial core… they would get bombed… and regime changed… and comprador puppets would be put into power… and those puppets would take out IMF loans… with prerequisite privatization and anti-union measure… and then the core would do direct foreign investment so that the natural resources and infrastructure would be owned by them instead of the locals. That’s an extreme example. It doesn’t always happen exactly that way, but if enough of those boxes get checked, the imperial core can force wages down in the periphery, and continue to use them as a source of cheap labor.
I don’t know if mass adoption of Work From Home would be enough to reverse that. The 1st world has their thumb on the scale big time.
There was one really good reply to that comment
Anyone who tries to make it any better is typically labeled an enemy by the west.
These places are treated like resource extraction sites for the “first world”. If they try to nationalize the literal or figurative gold mines, bam coup’d. They’re called a dictator, a commie, a rogue state.
Your take right here really shows how ingrained racism can be. Its always an individual responsibility problem, never a systemic problem. It’s not OPs fault for wanting to live outside of a warzone. It sounds like she’s already literally a refugee and your first response is “stay there”.
Engineering majors need more humanities courses.
From the makers of
individuals acting in their own individual best interests within a market creates the best outcome for society as a whole
and
landlords are good because renting allows renters flexibility to move to where they can receive a greater income without being tied down by home ownership
prepare yourself for the all new big brain logic of
your country is poor because people keep acting in their own best interests by moving to where they can receive a greater income
Start playing a very niche sport and get competitive. Racket ball, pole vaulting, sailing, golf, fencing, squash, crew, waterpolo, and lacrosse. Even unofficial sports can help you at some schools pickle ball, rugby, etc. Unfortunately many are very expensive but you may be able to get into the US on a D2 scholarship.
Because the only way a Black student can succeed is by playing sports?
Why do I subject myself to the torture by visiting this wretched hive? First comment I saw “We hired black female EE’s before, but never when they showed signs of an energy-eating crybaby.” I normally have a lot of empathy for people but if I learned this commenter had terminal ball cancer I would chuckle
edit: The next comment below that was a bit better:
"Two of my professors were Nigerian-American women with PhDs in EE. You can do it! Don’t give up and make sure to ask for help from every resource possible it doesn’t make you weak. The west is far more open to you than the doomers on the internet may want you to believe. If I can help you in any way with educational advice please let me know. My university is in a low cost of living area and has scholarships for women in engineering. "
But yeah, there is something about some of the people that are drawn to engineering that seems to prevent them from developing humanity
The post def had some supportive stuff in it but I was disgusted by the outpouring of anti-support.
These folks will say this kind of thing then be confused when they learn intellectuals were rounded up during the cultural revolution. It was basically these guys on the chopping block.
These folks will say this kind of thing then be confused when they learn intellectuals were rounded up during the cultural revolution.
Funny thing is people look back at the cultural revolution and get a little squeamish… but it produced results that returned dividends over the long run. Sending a few million of these assholes on state mandated work tours of impoverished regions and neglected rural areas was able to salvage those of them capable of being humbled and learning some basic humanity. The ones who irredeemable tend to run or fight rather than learning how the other classes live and how to be a decent human being. The current president of China and his own father are an example, they were what the US cold warriors would hold up as heroic political exhiles or dissidents unfairly treated… that is they would have, if they hadn’t come out the other side redder than red.
While the liberals that come out of the humanities can be insufferable, the liberals (and chuds) that come out of engineering are full on .
I remember hearing engineering students complain about having too many humanities courses. It couldn’t have been more than like 5 courses over the whole degree. Some of them were ECON.
Engineering majors need like 4 years of pure humanities classes to fix what’s wrong in their mind
PMC have no soul, that’s kinda their whole thing!
What does PMC mean in this context? Only thing that comes to mind is Private Military Complex.
Professional Managerial Class
also known as lanyards, labour aristocracy (occasionally), guard dogs of capital, those bastards, etc
Professional-Managerial Class The layers of “buffer” class between the actual bourgeoisie and proles at the bottom. Their jobs being dependent on their performance in placating the proles and keeping them in line, makes them throw their lot in with the bourgeoisie more often than not.
