I couldn't imagine paying $70,000 for anything myself. Growing up extremely poor has been a great teacher. I have lived my life without ever taking out a loan, using credit or even financing anything ever...I don't plan on doing any of these things in the future either.
My goal is to live moneyless. I have not quite done this, but I am about as close as a person can get to it and living comfortably enough.
Has your degree been of any genuine benefit?
Do you envision needing the degree in the future?
I find the moneyless idea interesting. On one hand I loathe money but on the other I know I can use it for a good purpose.
I can say yes and no to the question of whether or not it benefited me. When I got out of college I went to work in a warehouse. That's manual labor which I didn't need my degree for that. But after the warehouse I became an ESL teacher. Now in that context I can say having the degree helped. Plus I am certified to teach ESL.
I won't need the degree in the future because I plan on building my own means of living. At least that's my plan.
Since you mentioned being moneylesss I assume you have heard of Jacques Fresco and the Venus Project?
https://steemit.com/science/@thevenusproject/the-venus-project-resource-based-economy
Yes, I have heard of him and have researched The Venus Project a bit. I love the concept, but I haven't found a good resource describing the idea in fine detail. I think it's a bit too socialist, which lacks the freedom I desire. It requires you to provide a skill the whole needs, so you may get stuck doing a job that doesn't fit your personality, for example.
Don't forget that anything of value is currency, whether it is time or anything else given for something in return.
Money is simply a representation of whatever you need it to represent. I myself just trade the real thing(time/labor, skill/idea or product) rather than using a representation of those. Of course, the more you provide for yourself the less currency you require.
Money will never go away though, because as long as there are people that require more than they produce or give, there will be need for an alternate means of payment. Laziness or selfishness are not going away anytime soon.
So, I do not dislike money. I dislike the control of it by the few. Once everyone is living by the same rules, the needs of the many will be easier to acquire. Currency will have a true value instead of an artificial manipulated value.
The Free Market is simply the natural state of things. Once we find our way back to this, currency will again afford more.
The dollar is created by creating debt and that's an unsustainable system. We will soon have no choice but to change how our economy works. Of course, cryptocurrency is the next step of economic evolution. I hope the truly decentralized and anonymous ones gain ground and provide true anonymity, as that will greatly level the playing field.