The post criticizes unnecessary college degree requirements in various professions and proposes an alternative to Bernie Sanders' free college tuition plan. Longer summary

This post critiques the current higher education system, particularly in the United States, by drawing parallels with a fictional tulip subsidy scenario. The author argues that requiring college degrees for many jobs is unnecessary, expensive, and harmful to society. He uses examples from medicine, teaching, and other professions to illustrate how degree requirements often don't correlate with job performance or outcomes. The post then criticizes Bernie Sanders' proposal for free college tuition, suggesting it would perpetuate a broken system. Instead, the author proposes making 'college degree' a protected characteristic in hiring practices to combat degree inflation. Shorter summary