How Turkey Purged Its Intellectuals
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How Turkey Purged Its Intellectuals
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#2iSlam is not an educational app.
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#3what is an "intellectual"? seems a very nebulus and vague concept.
perhaps someone who thinks like writers who contribute to nytimes? in that case ... .
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#4The takeaway for those in the US: To detect nascent authoritarianism, look at who in particular is getting persecuted in academia. Another good heuristic: Look at who's over-serious and who is best wielding ridicule.
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#6The era of fascists like Erdogan will come to an end as well.
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#7"People have had enough of experts" - Michael Gove
God help us
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#8Or look at how minorities talk about white people in every western nation. The underclass revolting against the white upper class.
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#9The takeaway for those in the US: To detect nascent authoritarianism, look at who in particular is getting persecuted in academia. Another good heuristic: Look at who's over-serious and who is best wielding ridicule.
Right now there are people who have stated criticism of political bias (pro-conservative, conservative-leaning speakers, center-left, etc) that are being punished in the US academic world.
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#10good