> Graduate students are also listening to postdocs, who in recent years have become increasingly vocal about the precarious nature of their positions and the challenges of getting by on a postdoc salary
This is exactly what saved me. I was an undergraduate research assistant and our postdoc warned me.
> Political correctness such as this is exactly why the good people in my home country suffer the most.
I think it might be income inequality that makes the good people in your home country suffer the most - but I don't want to assert this because I'm (probably) not from your home country and don't know it quite like you do.
I think I kind of understand the Truth that you're getting at - from a similar point of view, aren't artists usually particular about the medium that their art is presented in? because the medium can cause the work of art to have a different effect on the audience. [1]
In any case, it's certainly no substitute for the real thing (but I'm sure everyone kind of understands that).