On the other hand this guy went through a whole lot of expensive education racking up debt to enter a career where he won't be able to pay it off. I don't blame him though; I know the atmosphere and attitude that lead Gen Y to follow their passions in college and careers when the reality seems like a predatory trap for moneylenders. Yet you see why people would call that entitled.
I think that both generations are at fault here. On one hand, the atmosphere that Generation Y grew up in led to the belief that they were invincible and could do anything. On the flip side, though, these people chose to go to college for careers which are obviously not viable to make money, and blame can't lie solely on the generation that raised them.
Maybe. But, consider that colleges and universities are businesses. True, most of them are "non-profit" or "not for profit" but that doesn't mean that they don't make money. Most colleges and universities have big names in several fields attached to them, not for their teaching abilities, which they may or may not have, but for the draw of prestige. Colleges and universities wouldn't offer majors in fields that are less employable if there wasn't a demand for them. To ask an 18 year old kid, especially one that's been sheltered and pumped up their entire life to think about something that could alter the shape of their life as one of their first independent, adult decisions is asking quite a lot, wouldn't you say?
There is always, it seems, an individual and a societal cause in these big social issues. Take obesity, for example. There are an absolutely incredible number of obese people in the country, staggering, really. Yet, there isn't a single one of them who didn't consciously eat the food that has made them fat. However, given that it's such a large problem, it's difficult to believe that anyone chose to be fat, in any rational sense of the word. So there must be something at play beyond just personal choice. Obviously that topic has been beat to death in the media, but I'm not dire anyone has found the answer(s). I think the same applies to college loans. Everyone chooses their major, knowing full well that some are less employable than others. However, when you have so many smart people making such seemingly irrational choices, there has to be greater forces at work. Perhaps this is when regulation is important, when companies find ways to subvert rational decision making, either by coercion, false advertising, addicting consumers, etc.