The cabal of academics, journalists and hand-wringers who have all decided to trade in our civilisation and future in exchange for feels all gain their legitimacy and power from the universities. They are the temples of our Western Brahmin caste. Demagogues who reign unchecked.
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Some colleges like to blame Trump for this and say that he is making foreign students feel unwelcome. Wrong. It’s simple economics. Colleges in Asia are rising in standards, American colleges are lowering. It’s cheaper and better for many to stay at home.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/us/international-enrollment-drop.html …
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American students are wising up too. The numbers no longer add up. The debt burden of student fees and loans are no longer a worthwhile risk when degree value has been diluted, tertiary education has been pushed to everybody with thumbs, and campuses turn into brainwashing camps.
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Nearly half of all US colleges will close by 2030. Some of this is due to the reasons above, but it’s also down to a “winner takes all” economy. Increasingly, if your college isn’t Harvard or Yale, your degree holds far less value in a nepotistic economy.https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelhorn/2018/12/13/will-half-of-all-colleges-really-close-in-the-next-decade/amp/ …
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MBA applications are down too and even business schools are struggling. Rejoice when you hear this, for every less McKinsey consultant in the world makes it a better place for the rest of us.https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2019/02/04/new-data-help-explain-decline-mba-applications …
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Burn the universities to the ground. This article is a great example of why we need to do that. They have become toxic insane asylums where the perpetually useless drill madness into the heads of the youthfully stupid in order to infect society with cancerhttps://thefederalist.com/2015/11/09/mizzou-and-yale-show-why-its-time-to-burn-the-universities-to-the-ground/ …
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The great American satirist HL Mencken once said: “Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.” If Mencken could see the state of universities today he’d be redacting his statement and reaching for the gasoline and matches.pic.twitter.com/M9EvKVZFGa
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So this July 4, take time to enjoy the respite from the unpatriotic propaganda that seeps from the colleges like pus from a wound. Enjoy the fireworks. Enjoy the tanks. Most of all, enjoy the thought of unemployed professors stacking shelves at Walmart in 2030.
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