The universities maintain wealth and power by pushing their credentialism onto society, forcing young people to have academic approval before being allowed to enter the workplace. A whole generation has been plunged into inescapable debt, and their youthful fertility decimated.
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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.
#July4thpic.twitter.com/AQjGzal7M6
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