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   Alfie Kohn (alfiekohn@sciences.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jul-2026 20:57:17 JST Alfie Kohn

   To Trump et al., the value of an education is measured purely in monetary terms: https://newrepublic.com/post/213446/trump-litmus-tests-student-loans-degrees-income. But this is common on the right: A very similar anti-intellectual sensibility was heard from Reagan (https://medium.com/politically-speaking/the-republican-assault-on-education-700b2cd16a34) and, well, from Hitler (https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-ways-to-destroy-democracy/).

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     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) (greenskyoverme@ohai.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Jul-2026 20:57:47 JST GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)

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     @alfiekohn Even though he did art himself ...

     All college should be free for everyone anyway.