Not every promise stands to be kept, plain and simple.
And some debts ought be forgiven, in certain circumstances. Nobody has made any compelling argument why these debts should be forgiven.
People in general recognize that promises made asymmetrically are generally null and void.
No, they don't recognise that. All kinds of deals are made asymmetrically. They're still valid.
Most people I know recognize that ANY decision with long term consequences be reviewed carefully and discussed for some time before such decisions are allowed of young people.
Like cutting their genitals off?
Financial decisions are one of the most important ones: student loans are set up like the mouth of a funnel.
I don't believe the fish deserves to be eaten for biting the hook, and I certainly don't accept in society the act of setting out a snare for human beings on the path to education.
If you think being given money to build your personal capital is analogous to 'snaring' human beings you are out of touch and out of your mind.
Wait wait wait: you are opposed to GIVING money to ‘build your personal capital.’ I think what you are talking about here is borrowing capital and paying to back, with interest, even if it takes you the rest of your life. You think that is fine and dandy and the way it should be for all Americans whose parents are not rich enough to pay for it outright.
It’s different in Australia, tho.
As it should be.
No true Scotsman: "Nobody has made any
compelling argument why these debts should be forgiven."
"Compelling" in this is "something Metaphor, subjectively, likes".
Assertion Fallacy: "No, they don't recognise that [promises made asymmetrically are null and void]."
Several people recognized that here, in this very thread, so
they clearly do recognize it.
Then, it's also recognized in the fact that children cannot unilaterally engage in contracts.
It's also recognized that contracts made under duress (another asymmetry) or between people of differing power dynamics (boss/employee) can be void owing to an asymmetry...
There are all sorts of different, identified asymmetries which void contracts owing to the asymmetry.
This is merely the formal identification of yet another "voiding asymmetry".
"Like cutting their genitals off?"
Honestly
what is it with Metaphor and cutting off genitals?
It must be something they think about a lot.
But yes, given time and careful review, even that ought be allowed.
This is a situation where careful review is simply impossible as the resulting power structure creates a situation analogous to indenturement. And of children with no practical experience, no less. It's way more impactful than drinking alcohol, which we restrict to the age of 21.
Being GIVEN resources to build up "personal capital" is not snaring someone.
It is only snaring someone when you put those resources on a hook, attached to a line, designed to give you financial power over them.