The obsession that educated Americans have with Harvard is only possible in a world with extreme levels of inequality and class segregation.
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Obsessed with status as defined by the United States, which is an extremely important distinction for a global hegemony to make.
US doesn’t define the status of Tsinghua University or Indian Institute’s of Technology or French grand ecoles. Most Americans have never even heard of those places. And yet, the people in those countrified are just as obsessed with who gets into them as we are with the Ivies
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The number of US students who would like to go to Tsinghua universierty is, in round numbers, maybe 1%. The number of Chinese students who would like to go to Harvard is, in round numbers, 100%.
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Fine. You win. America is the source of all economic uncertainty in the world. Other nations have little agency and no power before the great and maniacal force of US hegemony Have a great day!
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