1. I went to university on a combination of scholarships and part- & full-time work. I was fortunate enough not to have to take out student loans, & in retrospect I enjoyed my work as much as, if not more than, my university courses.

2. I don't think my career trajectory - that of an eventual entrepreneur, as opposed to, say, an academic, a teacher, a lawyer, a health- or child- care professional, etc. would necessarily work for everyone, & I wouldn't want to universalize it.

3. I don't understand the "I suffered, therefore everyone after me should suffer too" rhetoric floating around today on this hellscape platform. Surely the idea is to make things better for those who come after you, so they can start solving problems you were unable to?

4. When you chain young people to debt, early, you prevent them making risky, but potentially culturally & economically beneficial, choices. Lacking the bank of Ma & Pa, you consign them to safe & predictable paths for a long, long time.

5. "Well they're getting something free that I didn't!" Are you really that fragile, that concerned to always be evening the score? Give your head a fucking shake.

6. Our culture, beset with massive ecological and infrastructure problems, needs all the help it can get from people who are more, not less, free to make long-term choices that will ultimately be beneficial to the culture. Investment in education - in student debt cancellation -

7. seems a rational, value-accretive choice that is economically & morally defensible. Signed, someone changed enough by suffering to not want others to suffer to.