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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Harvard
Date: 04/15/25 11:59 AM
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isn’t that perfectly Orwellian, “viewpoint diverse”? because the actual goal is the opposite — to ensure that only white supremacist ideologies are taught. and how fucking un-American is it to have government-approved overseers all up in every professor’s shit? Tiedrich

Garber's response:

“no government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.”

Obama: “Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions — rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.”


Where else did this happen? The Nazi government’s project of remaking German universities was broadly successful, but it produced unintended consequences. The quality of education suffered significantly as classes were regularly cancelled for political assemblies and students' schedules became filled with ideological and paramilitary training.

Have you ever wondered what the world would look like now if Hitler had gotten the atomic bomb first? We were lucky that so many of the best minds left Nazi Germany.
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