There were no student loans when I went to college. I went to a private college. But anyone who lived in-state could have gone to Indiana University, where tuition, room, and board cost $500. It wasn't hard for kids to pay their own way.
And when did that begin to change? When Ronald Reagan was elected to the presidency.
Did you? You're not a young person but you're making it sound like you took out a SL, yet I doubt it was available to you at the time with how old you are now. If by chance you got into debt by attending college, Joe Biden already forgave that loan so WTF are you bitching about? Do you EVER EVER EVER quit cranking about how bad life treated you?