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Brigitte's avatar

The DIE professors are dug in partly because they are unemployable elsewhere, and on some level they know they would be left out in the old “who would be included in the fallout shelter” game.

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Gwyneth's avatar

"Of all our institutions public education is the most important… we must be able to cast a whole generation in the same mold."

- Napoleon Bonaparte

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Libertarian's avatar

How tactful of you!

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Gwyneth's avatar

Well, I may at times be sarcastic and pithy, but I hope I am always tactful. 🤣

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David Sharples's avatar

Colleges of Engineering have held.. barely..

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Jerry's avatar

Case (literally) in point: Gibson's Bakery vs. Oberlin College.

If you haven't read about this case, it's well worth your time. (Oberlin College, if you're unfamiliar with it, is probably the most liberal of this country's liberal arts colleges.) It's just unbelievable what Oberlin tried to get away with--including outright lies by the college president about the nature of the case, stupid decisions by their legal team, illegally retaining evidence, hiring the perpetrator after he graduated, etc. Just nuts.

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skipper's avatar

A college degree was used by business at first to screen out people since discrimination was charged if they did it some other way.

Later on, the banksters and those who wanted to control got involved. Why else would bankruptcy be outlawed on school debt. Universities were laundered money through debtor students to go along. Curricula and wanted positions were demanded since government- sponsored debt was taken. Thus, came DIE.

Since states get half or more of money from the Federal government, they are not going to bite the hand that feeds them.

I think it foolish to think that a government system can be beaten or reformed within the government system or that the government system is working for other than the government. Let it die and freedom will reign. However, this will not happen until the money that is used to make things happen holds no value and, thus, cannot make things happen. This will be extremely painful since so much is dependent upon it.

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James Wills's avatar

Summed up best by Napoleon: "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

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Ignatius of Maidstone's avatar

Appreciate your analysis.

However, universities like Toronto and Harvard can afford to continue with the DIE nonsense, because of deep pockets.

The only way to remedy this is widespread collapse of the Leftist regime.

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Bream's avatar

The road is bleak, with monsters lurking around every pass. But it has to be traversed. Society has been sickened by this malady. And what ails us has to be purged. Otherwise we’re doomed to for ever exist in a dull, grey landscape of “Two-Spirit” orcs. What in God’s name is “Two-Spirit” anyway?

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Jim Davidson's avatar

Who holds a graduation ceremony in a car park? Pomp and Circumstance meets Dude Where's My Car? lol

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Skeptical1's avatar

In your private conversations you must acknowledge that Rufo has a primary mandate above what he presents. You’re a very smart (critical thinking) man. There’s no way you don’t see it. Your tact is understandable, I guess. Good piece.

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Max the Annoyed's avatar

The problem being that companies are not legally allowed to say that Victims are less capable — or, Heaven forbid, that they are bad fits for the company culture or have ulterior agendas (think the Indian impulse to turn companies 100% Indian) — when they get hauled into court in a “discrimination” lawsuit, but they are allowed to say that a Victim is Uncredentialed. Like with house prices using wealth as a proxy for race. Some other proxy will need to be found, for now.

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Fabius Minarchus's avatar

Very Hegelian.

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Gunther Heinz's avatar

The distance between "Ask me about my feminist agenda" and "Ask me for my phone number so I can give you a blowjob later" is really not that great.

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Spaceman Spiff's avatar

I believe the distance is only a few inches, give or take.

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Joseph Wein's avatar

This is an interesting thought experiment, but would have deeply negative consequences. Another generation of universities polluting the minds of young people will turn Jew hating into a national sport.

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Crash Pile's avatar

You’re right on target. The movie quote “Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything! You've never been out of college! You don't know what it's like out there! I've WORKED in the private sector.” Dan Akroyd was the son of a civil engineer, so he knew something about the truth behind that script line.

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