>>509303283
>Encouraging 50% of the young population into higher education
They had to do that because they outsourced all of the factory jobs.

Had to provide the 18-25 year olds (and their parents) with a pressure release valve. Learn to code was the last hope they had unironically.

>in the 90s it was just go to college
>2000s just get something that isn't liberal arts
>mid 2010s this was reduced to STEM
>early 2020s it went from STEM to learn2code

>Elite overproduction
Yes but these aren't the elites. The elites are the people requiring a degree for regular jobs and making money off of the college loan debt payments.