[imemyself]

The scam here is pretty clearly Stanford having a mandatory $8000 per year meal plan. There's no legitimate reason for that.

[CodingJeebus]

Exactly. It's terrible to frame the "third-worldification" based on how the consumer (or student) behaves in this case. It's only "cheating" when consumers act in their own self interest, but not when a powerful university like Stanford puts a mandatory meal plan in place.

Institutions are always permitted to act in the own self-interest, but not individuals. Always just blame the little people.

[learingsci]

Kitchen staff need to pay Bay Area rents. Should we replace the cooks with h1b’s too?

[imemyself]

Why should students be required to pay them if they don’t want their food?