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The Problem at Yale Is Not Free Speech

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Re: The Problem at Yale Is Not Free Speech

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This struck a chord, and not as an Ivy League student, but as somebody working at a FAANG: the same continual narrowing of the space of what is permissible to say out loud and same witch-hunts for people who say Wrong things are happening here too.

I think in the workplace it is different though, whereas universities have been progressive environments and places for debate for many years, at companies, people just want to get work done. I don't want work somewhere where I ever have to hear off-color jokes about women or minorities. I am lucky I work somewhere I have not heard those things. People should be permitted to say those things outloud, but not okay at work. Not as a joke. Take it home or to a bar or to golf buddies or something.

Re: The Problem at Yale Is Not Free Speech

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps you'd be interested in Peter Turchin's theory of "overpopulation of elites" being a root cause of societal dysfunction. http://peterturchin.com/cliodynamica/intra-elite-competition...

Thank you for posting the link. I have read this. What do you think about Turchin's theory? I'm unsure whether I agree with it or not.

I find it plausible, because of my understanding of how revolutions happen. At the least, it's one view of things.

People who are really scraping to get by don't have the mental bandwidth to put time into revolution. You need people with spare time to organise to kick things off, and only then once you've started a movement you can get the masses on your side because you're offering an alternative.

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