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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

This is terrifically biased horseshit. The caricature of all business people as philistines is below even your tribal generalizations.



This is interesting math. I'd assume with that many ardent liberals and Marxists, few if any of whom have any real world experience (ever met a pure academic who's made a payroll?), the chance of filling the slots near exclusively with idiots rises considerably.



I wouldn't disagree with this. As a corollary, I'd add there are very few good history books written in the last 3/4 of the century, period, as most have been written by scholars with a bias.

That's not to say if conservatives wrote the books, the books would be any better. They'd likely just be biased in a different direction. If you hear a person openly describe himself as a liberal, conservative, progressive, etc., you should be suspect of what he authors. It's like journalism by a pundit. No matter how hard they try for objectivity, it eludes them. The only question is, how biased is the narrative? Within acceptable borders -- easily discovered and discounted from the book's actual facts? Or flatly revisionist?



YMMV, but I've found being able to pay full tuition is the most compelling factor for universities today. Those darling academics run their organizations like General Motors in the 80s. The fact that we not only allow, but encourage, young kids to borrow hundreds of thousands to spend at universities run by academics (most of whom could bankrupt a lemonade stand) is mind-bending. We give the least sophisticated borrowers cart blanche to fatten the wallets of people who have no concept of value or budgeting, and who see the student loan system as an endless, bottomless cash cow. It's criminally stupid. But that's another discussion, for another day.

Let me know if you'd like to read some good history books; there are some great ones being written these days. Of course, I did not characterize business people as philistines, but, then, we understand your reading comprehension issues so it's probably not worth dwelling on.

It strikes me reading this that you have little or no interaction with academia.