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I don't know anyone during my time as a student that took an unpaid internship.

Its a "great" way for employers to screen out less privileged folks and keep the job for someone from a "proper" family. Trust fund babies have no problem doing an unpaid internship.

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Yeah, it's a sad state of affairs that would be remedied by improving education for the undesirables, but then the desirables wouldn't have as many of the high paying jobs, and their parents don't want to complain about little Johnny mooching when, you know, the poors are way easier to complain about being moochers.

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