This hit way too close to home for me
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but the waves the Chanposter is noticing started decades back. Hell, I saw it myself when I was trying to get into college 25 years ago. Scholarships left and right for women, minorities, people from lower-income strata, and athletes. If you were a white male from a middle-class family who probably couldn't pay to help your tuition? "Get fucked, take out loans" was the effective answer we were given.
If I had it all to do over again, I'd probably have said "fuck it" and went into a decent trade, like electrical or HVAC work, and did the self-employed/contractor thing. I would have had a hell of a lot less debt and probably would be living easy by now instead of wondering how the hell I'm going to retire before I hit age 70.
This is my worst fear. Every time I see downsizing the only ones to go are white males. In 5 years no one will hire me on a different project then the one I am on, even at reduce pay my skills do not transfer that well so why pick me instead of someone 10-15 years younger then me. I've thought about it a lot and I am not prepared to be a dead beat, if I ever get in a point were I can't work I am tapping out.
It's never too late to start learning something new, on your own time, or try and parlay a hobby into a side hustle. I've given serious thought to taking classes in locksmithing or learning how to do 3D-modeling as a side gig.