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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
The fact that we have to make it a conversation about student loan debt in a country that can't be bothered to feed or house all it's people is, to me, a bigger sign that most people will only support things that benefit them directly and tangibly and imminently.  

In case I am being unclear, far too many people are interested in student loan debt because THEY THEMSELVES have student loan debt and not so much as a sign of a good society.
gpt
I think you're correct, but perhaps not to the extreme magnitude one might expect.

I have no student loan debt (I missed my opportunity for higher education), and I still want the debt of others abolished with a fervor. Education costs in our nation are outrageous. No one should have to have their life held hostage for trying to better themselves.

I know a few other people without student loan debt that share my views. Ironically, they're boomers who have long since stopped worrying about such things on a personal level. 

Point is, there are still those of us that want things to be better for our neighbors, even if it doesn't benefit us personally.