Am I Wrong to Feel Cynical About Most College Students?
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nobody is going to become illiterate or such nonsense, the backstop will always be mammals trying to get one-up on each-other, and you don't do that by being dumb and broke.
as for unethicality or exploiting, really the old saying applies: For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law. but its always been that way. those who forgot, were living in fantasy land.