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West explicitly attacks the bureaucratic university. The skit features a fake financial aid officer stating, “You can’t afford to pay for school... so we’re gonna give you a loan.” The subsequent track equates a history degree with a “waste of four years.” West’s argument is not anti-intellectual; rather, it posits that university curricula are divorced from practical reality. He famously raps, “You gotta go to college just to get a job? / Nah, you gotta go to college to get a loan.” This inverts the meritocratic myth, suggesting that colleges are debt-collection agencies disguised as gatekeepers. the college dropout playlist