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   Alexander Karn (xankarn@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 22:55:42 JST Alexander Karn

   The attack on #highered is coming.

   MAGA is antithetical to evidence-based discourse, critical thinking, and vetted knowledge.

   What the NYT is reporting today…

   https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/us/trump-higher-education-policy-universities.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Zk4.GStg.U6NeUl68FP0X&smid=url-share

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     Alexander Karn (xankarn@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 22:55:41 JST Alexander Karn

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     Resist much, obey little. #RMOL

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     Alexander Karn (xankarn@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 22:55:41 JST Alexander Karn

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     It won’t be enough, however, just to target colleges and universities.

     MAGA will also go after school libraries and books it deems objectionable because that’s what required to stamp out critical inquiry, pluralist culture, and alternative visions of society.

     The Nazis called it Gleichschaltung, ie, the coordination of all political, social, and cultural institutions with the State, which here, we can call Project 2025.

     https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/florida-book-bans-removals-education-department-list?CMP=share_btn_url

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     Alexander Karn (xankarn@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 22:55:42 JST Alexander Karn

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     …follows the same pattern we have observed before, e.g.,

     https://perspectives.ushmm.org/collection/higher-education-in-nazi-germany

     https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nazi-germany/universities-in-nazi-germany/