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It's unfortunate that criticizing academia in the US has become a right-coded thing, because the state of higher education in this country really is bad. Is there a way that could be turned around? (hexbear.net)
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Question was inspired by this essay: https://whitehotharlots.substack.com/p/the-crisis-of-higher-education-is

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[โ€“] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Anyone who thinks that US universities are hotbeds of communism has never set foot in an econ department (or poli-sci).

[โ€“] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I did an eco 101 and they literally taught that police were created to defend property rights he-admit-it