I still find that people don't actually believe college was free for most of our history.

Here's a 1951 UCLA catalogue casually says tuition is free; fees are $400 in today's dollars. Watch out for that out of state tuition, almost $2K in today's dollars! https://t.co/CUYmLYuhzX pic.twitter.com/Dd2yjNCh6C

— Mike Konczal (@rortybomb) September 5, 2019

I’ve had people argue with me about this. Very clear evidence of even the recent past, readily available, does not sway most people. Humans are flawed and doomed and new minds probably are not enough, or won’t be ready soon enough.

Reality is we could provide free college for all right now for the amount we spend just subsidizing college already. Just like Medicare for All would be cheaper and better than our utterly broken medical system, not only would free college at state schools be cheaper, it’d be superior.