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Ousted propaganda scholar accuses Harvard of bowing to Meta

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Re: Ousted propaganda scholar accuses Harvard of bowing to Meta

#13
I just read that this morning. I'm interested enough in the outcome that I put a calendar reminder 6 months out to check what happened. Doing so made me wonder if there's a service that would email me updates about legal cases like this that I would like to follow.

Re: Ousted propaganda scholar accuses Harvard of bowing to Meta

#15
the age old unspoken donation "coincidence"

this is how many rich people get their kids into Harvard too, the only reason parents got caught up in the varsity blues scandal was that they were too explicit... old money donates the new library and "hopes" for the best

Re: Ousted propaganda scholar accuses Harvard of bowing to Meta

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post #9

From regulatory capture through revolving doors and lobbying, to media capture through purchase, and now academic capture through donation, it seems no activity is safe from large concentrations of wealth.

It never has been, there may have been an illusion of it only

Re: Ousted propaganda scholar accuses Harvard of bowing to Meta

#17
The linked blog doesn't actually include any details and is instead just a vitriolic series of paragraphs from what sounds like an angry fired employee.

It's hard to actually believe anything about this without having specific examples of what was done.

The title is pretty farcical given this.

Re: Ousted propaganda scholar accuses Harvard of bowing to Meta

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post #9

From regulatory capture through revolving doors and lobbying, to media capture through purchase, and now academic capture through donation, it seems no activity is safe from large concentrations of wealth.

And it never will be. This is a human problem. No amount of laws and regulations will ever solve it.
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