/lit/ - Literature

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>>21795244
>explain why the place that values knowledge the most leans so heavily to the left
Such a flawed statement. Does not take into consideration the history of academia, current zeitgeist, or cultural context. Universities in China or other non Western countries for example are not infested with idpol nonsense like your typical US campus is. Historically, most academic institutions were not "left wing" (it's a fairly recent phenomena). The reality is most academic institutions are filled to the brim with oversocialized moral cowards. Many left wingers delude themselves into believing they are rebelling against the system. They come from upper middle class backgrounds and are some of the most tame, conformist and above all dangerous people. Dangerous because they are an active threat to democratic society, furthering poisonous ideas that only serve to weaken the moral and cultural fabric of the West, making it vulnerable to hostile foreign powers. You subvert a nation by destroying the moral/cultural fabric of its society, not militarily. I view people like you as a genuine threat.

>>21768733
It allows them to deceive themselves into thinking they are radical, intelligent, "revolutionaries" who are challenging the system but in reality they are intellectual frauds and moral cowards who are simply cogs in the machine. Most modern day Marxists I know are upper middle class university employees or graduate students who are on academic welfare. They are some of the most spineless, authoritarian, inauthentic cowards I know. The same is true for idiots like Jordan Peterson. He speaks out and critiques Marxism but he's just another side of the same coin.

Does he have a point about the university intellectual class? Personally, after having spent about 6 years in post secondary education I'd say he's right about this bit.

>>17696305
>paper that fails to challenge any perceived values passed through the lens of the bourgeois elitist pseudo-aristocratic institution
Color me shocked.

>>17650271
t. type of person Ted is talking about in pic related

>>17537910
>The root of the problem is, the people above the people who have power, and their intentions to twist humanity into their hearts desire.
Yes, we know you've read Foucault. It's too bad you think that midwit can offer a single satisfying counterpoint to Ted.

>>16612052
Weak intellectually dishonest boomer.