It still is; but my lightly-held theory is that the cognitive skills to keep it running are decaying
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Replying to @Meaningness
one lesson I took from FF is how strongly it endures. German state persisted unchanged since Jena, including 2 world wars
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Yes; otoh, he says that’s dependent on the systematic-mode university, which is under severe stress; >
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> and the internet is empowering anti-systematic forces in new and possibly overwhelming ways.
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I think the part of the academy that fuels the state is actually fine. It's the part that fuels the market economy that's messy
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Say more? I see the humanities (which is where the power elite are educated) in shambles due to pomo; STEM mostly still OK
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Ed to run state is mostly about creating insti solidarity to beat back vetocracy. Those who need knowledge self-learn
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That group (70%?) pays retail capital costs (no nice loan forgiveness), gets edu that's useless for making a living on mkt
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Yes… so are those people just dead-enders to be pitied, or are they an agentive force?
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I think we're about to find out in November as Bernie's ronin decide what they want to do
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