cross-posted from: https://leminal.space/post/38833888
Only in so much as it aids and placates the politics of their largest donors, or their sense of prestige/relevance. So it once again comes down to wealth, and politics. Be it the class interests of the wealthy, or the cultural interests of positioning.
But the days of being bastions of any true intellectual position are gone, they're now profit interested businesses subject to the whims of management. Not the academic staff.
They're businesses. Wealthy political businesses.
...and NOT intellectual institutions.
Public unis in the US are quite rock solid in any state that prioritizes it’s people. Along with being fractions of the cost. My niece is getting her bachelor’s at the State Uni of New York as a resident for ~8k a year.
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All those big name elite schools are shit. People should be embarrassed to be associated with them. Not only are they affections of wealth, which inculcate elites into snobbery - but they're all remnants of Colonialism - having taught some of the most abusive leaders how to be abusive colonial leaders via their own abusive cultures and technique (hazing, class systems, rape).
The entire time Trump and the alt-right were being popularised - the Oxford Union Debate Society was REGULARLY hosting figures like Ben Shapiro, and Tommy Robinson. They were honestly as bad as Joe Rogan when it came to platforming and legitimizing corrupt fascists and grifters.
It was an utter and depraved embarrassment to see. So now I have no respect for those "elite" schools, and the rich peices of shit that run them.
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