Hijacking of Feminism is just one of the symptoms of larger ideological capture that started in US Universities in mid 2000. Before this Universities were places where people went to be exposed to different opinions, believes and values and then trough discussions, exchange of ideas manage to come back as productive members of society.
Hijacking of Feminism is just one of the symptoms of larger ideological capture that started in US Universities in mid 2000. Before this Universities were places where people went to be exposed to different opinions, believes and values and then trough discussions, exchange of ideas manage to come back as productive members of society.
Sadly since mid 2000 things are going down the hill, facts are not relevant anymore (math is racist), reality doesnt matter (no difference between male and female), only thing that is important is to tow woke party line. Any dissent will be shunned, decried as racism, white supremacy, colonialism. And universities became party schools for brain washing.
Big mistake was made, when majority of people thought, that this was was just a phase, and will be finished after people leave college, but this was gravely wrong. Not only that it dint went away, it spread like wildfire. Media outlets were captured, companies, and now it is spreading to government. With out free and independent media, there was no-one to report on ongoing issues of this ideology that is destroying universities, and few descending voices are viciously attacked and silenced, first by MSM and now by tech companies.
In middle ages, if you didn't comply to dogma of the church, you were burned on public square. Now too you will be "burned" on "public square" of social media networks, they will make you unemployable, will destroy not only you, but anyone associated to you.
And as any dogma, it is getting more radical by the day, and more and more "stringed purity" tests are created by the day, to judge unbelievers and believers of this new woke religion.
I hope that we wont have to wait for decades, to get rid of this illiberal ideology, that is rotting US society from inside out.
Actually no, in the middle ages, people were rarely burned on the public square or anywhere else (burning witches was a Protestant phenomenon and the death penalty was common but mostly for crime). Doxxing and "canceling" people today is by far, FAR more common than burning people ever was.
I agree. I think it is because of the interconnectivity enabled by the internet many never really leave college. Plus it is taking many students(even pre-Covid) 5, 6, 7 years to obtain an undergraduate degree.
They come in to college woefully unprepared for college level work. Many need remediation for basic courses. They have no focus and change their majors several times adding to the course load, time factor and money. They go for the easy and get worthless degrees in gender studies and some marginalized sociology program. When they graduate they go to work for the government, an HR dept or a college or university where they perpetuate mediocrity, envy and divisiveness.
There is another factor that is rarely considered. Many college students are mismatched to the college or university. When my children were getting ready for college I did some research. I checked on the average SAT scores for that campus. If the average score is at the top range of your child's score they are going to struggle. It is better to find a university or college where your child will be in the top 25% of the student population. They will end up with a better experience and will be less likely to fail, drop out and/or become resentful. Many activist students and drop outs are resentful without being aware as to the root cause of their anger and resentment. It is because they are/were mismatched to the higher educational institution they went to.
Thx for the article - just read it and found it interesting.
"We must harden democratic institutions so that they can withstand chronic anger and mistrust, reform social media so that it becomes less socially corrosive, and better prepare the next generation for democratic citizenship in this new age."
Well, a problem with "hardening" our institutions as they stand right now so that they can withstand mistrust - is that they are currently "Woke". How can we trust a government who tells us First Female Four Star Admiral Rachael/Richard Levine is a woman and puts him in a position of power regarding Mental Health? How can we trust an education system that grooms kids for Gender with unicorns? How can we trust a medical system that "affirms" girls for Gender Identity and hands them "T"?
How can we better prepare the next generation for democratic citizenship in this new age when the schools push Marxist Queer Theory to separate them from their families and make them easy fodder?
Hijacking of Feminism is just one of the symptoms of larger ideological capture that started in US Universities in mid 2000. Before this Universities were places where people went to be exposed to different opinions, believes and values and then trough discussions, exchange of ideas manage to come back as productive members of society.
Sadly since mid 2000 things are going down the hill, facts are not relevant anymore (math is racist), reality doesnt matter (no difference between male and female), only thing that is important is to tow woke party line. Any dissent will be shunned, decried as racism, white supremacy, colonialism. And universities became party schools for brain washing.
Big mistake was made, when majority of people thought, that this was was just a phase, and will be finished after people leave college, but this was gravely wrong. Not only that it dint went away, it spread like wildfire. Media outlets were captured, companies, and now it is spreading to government. With out free and independent media, there was no-one to report on ongoing issues of this ideology that is destroying universities, and few descending voices are viciously attacked and silenced, first by MSM and now by tech companies.
In middle ages, if you didn't comply to dogma of the church, you were burned on public square. Now too you will be "burned" on "public square" of social media networks, they will make you unemployable, will destroy not only you, but anyone associated to you.
And as any dogma, it is getting more radical by the day, and more and more "stringed purity" tests are created by the day, to judge unbelievers and believers of this new woke religion.
I hope that we wont have to wait for decades, to get rid of this illiberal ideology, that is rotting US society from inside out.
Actually no, in the middle ages, people were rarely burned on the public square or anywhere else (burning witches was a Protestant phenomenon and the death penalty was common but mostly for crime). Doxxing and "canceling" people today is by far, FAR more common than burning people ever was.
I agree. I think it is because of the interconnectivity enabled by the internet many never really leave college. Plus it is taking many students(even pre-Covid) 5, 6, 7 years to obtain an undergraduate degree.
They come in to college woefully unprepared for college level work. Many need remediation for basic courses. They have no focus and change their majors several times adding to the course load, time factor and money. They go for the easy and get worthless degrees in gender studies and some marginalized sociology program. When they graduate they go to work for the government, an HR dept or a college or university where they perpetuate mediocrity, envy and divisiveness.
There is another factor that is rarely considered. Many college students are mismatched to the college or university. When my children were getting ready for college I did some research. I checked on the average SAT scores for that campus. If the average score is at the top range of your child's score they are going to struggle. It is better to find a university or college where your child will be in the top 25% of the student population. They will end up with a better experience and will be less likely to fail, drop out and/or become resentful. Many activist students and drop outs are resentful without being aware as to the root cause of their anger and resentment. It is because they are/were mismatched to the higher educational institution they went to.
Love this Naomi.
Jonathan Haidt's latest article in the Atlantic suggests it will take decades! Buckle up!
Thx for the article - just read it and found it interesting.
"We must harden democratic institutions so that they can withstand chronic anger and mistrust, reform social media so that it becomes less socially corrosive, and better prepare the next generation for democratic citizenship in this new age."
Well, a problem with "hardening" our institutions as they stand right now so that they can withstand mistrust - is that they are currently "Woke". How can we trust a government who tells us First Female Four Star Admiral Rachael/Richard Levine is a woman and puts him in a position of power regarding Mental Health? How can we trust an education system that grooms kids for Gender with unicorns? How can we trust a medical system that "affirms" girls for Gender Identity and hands them "T"?
How can we better prepare the next generation for democratic citizenship in this new age when the schools push Marxist Queer Theory to separate them from their families and make them easy fodder?
It was happening well before 2000