Don't need a 100k liberal arts education to the study historical works of literature or get a workshop going with fellow authors.
And where did I ever say it was in' easy? Bukowski, a person who never spent a minute in a college classroom, wrote himself into becoming a writer, compiling thousands of pages of material before he got a single word published.
These en led kids today think their degree magically guarantees they'll produce good work or get hired in the industry. When they find out they need more than their diploma, and when the few short stories they wrote that their professor stamped with a gold star get rejected, they throw their hands up and cry about lack of opportunity, which progresses into complaints about "the system," eventually leading to cartoon rebelliousness filled with empty symbolism. For all its good intentions, the Occupy Wall Street movement is largely an exercise in emo angst. Not to mention, misdirected at the wrong ins ution. Washington D.C., where, you know, policy is actually made, would've been the more meaningful place to march.
Satirical article about the situation, but nonetheless accurate in portraying the mentality of a good majority of the protesters:
"As unemployment in Freedomland rises to hilarious extremes, filthy, pseudo-intellectual college hipsters concluded that the reason their liberal arts degrees weren't netting them $70,000+ salaried jobs straight out of the state university was because of the zionist one world government and their cronyism bleeding the country dry and oppressing the world, and now was the time to, like, throw off the chains of oppression, man!"
http://encyclopediadramatica.ch/Occupy_Wall_Street
And yeah, I got more than a good idea what it takes to write a novel. I started out in a different literary endeavor and it took me 8 years before I was paid for any of my work.
These kids want recognition now and a thriving career the minute they throw off their hat and gown. And as cold as it might sound, I have little sympathy for a liberal art's major plight. That's an area of study historically reserved for rich kids who were already set, a luxury. Now, you have people thinking they can build careers around a liberal arts degree. For a few, whether in academia or their chosen industry, it happens, but for the vast majority, the degree eventually becomes about as useless as toilet paper, more useless in fact, because you can't use it to wipe your ass.
Are you really that naive to think every person in that 25 percent demographic is qualified for the job they want? And as a pre-emptive reply to your reply of "they can't even find a job!" Starbucks, Walmart, and the fast food industry are always hiring. But these upper-crust libart hipsters think they're above that kind of menial work.
And I agree, the system is broken, but the overwhelming number of "useless" degree holders have contributed to the problem as well, and about the only thing they're qualified for in this current economic climate are service jobs.
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. Let me know when these jackasses are waiting in breadlines and throwing themselves off of buildings after losing their life savings. All these little brats have to do is call mommy and daddy and ask for money when things get tight, money that will likely go to cocaine, Pabst, and 100.00 ty haircuts. 
