I sometimes wonder what kind of impact it would have on American politics if high-visibility euergitism was still something we expected and our elite performed - instead of nothing, political activism or (low visibility) 'effective altruism.'
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If your definition of "elite" includes both "a third of the population" and "people who can donate tens of millions of dollars to a single project," I think it is not a good word. But I am just a businessman and an Amerikaja says we have not even had our First Sophistic yet.
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Seconded. There are pretty prominent examples of "donations" that are just conspicuous consumption for other elites to see (any niche-yet-well-funded art ever), but uni buildings are just shows of largesse. Also, oc less Americans go to uni 1/2
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