2026-01-18 17:24 UTC
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@Kerplunk@mastodon.scot 2026-01-18 18:17
@em_swsurrey@mastodonapp.uk Some examples of student debts 2017-202-18 or 2018-2019 €51,367 in England. €27,491 in Norway, €14,907 in Denmark €14,807 in Finland. average student debt in the Netherlands, was €16,227 on graduation in 2017/18 year. https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/01/11/student-loans-in-europe-is-university-worth-the-debt A lot of disinformation gets posted, often due lack of knowledge. I have often been told my health services are free. They are very definitely not, I pay health Insurance. Those who do not pay in Germany, govt employees and politicians
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@wesdym@mastodon.social 2026-01-18 18:34
@em_swsurrey@mastodonapp.uk I'm guessing it's a statistical average -- literally zero in some countries, obviously not in some others. But if you average the debt of each and every student in the EU, it might well approach zero. In the US, definitely not. But numbers can deceive. In THGTTG, Douglas Adams reasoned that the population of the Universe is zero, on the same statistical logic.