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There's a tendency on the trad right (and in every other political microcosm, I'm sure) to look at episodes in history and identify the "good" team and the "bad" team, via a simplistic mapping to today's politics.
E.g. in 1546 the Dissolution of the Monasteries >>
There's a tendency on the trad right (and in every other political microcosm, I'm sure) to look at episodes in history and identify the "good" team and the "bad" team, via a simplistic mapping to today's politics.
E.g. in 1546 the Dissolution of the Monasteries >>
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the Catholic monasteries are obviously trad, Catholic, red tribe, and Henry VIII is obviously Prot / heretical / Harvard / blue tribe.
Anti-clericalism of French and Mexican revolutions get the same mapping.
the Catholic monasteries are obviously trad, Catholic, red tribe, and Henry VIII is obviously Prot / heretical / Harvard / blue tribe.
Anti-clericalism of French and Mexican revolutions get the same mapping.
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and this isn't WRONG, but it's not useful, or only useful in a very basic bitch kind of way.
I rant all the time that people should spend less time looking for data that supports their hypotheses and more time looking for data that contradicts them.
So, let's try that.
and this isn't WRONG, but it's not useful, or only useful in a very basic bitch kind of way.
I rant all the time that people should spend less time looking for data that supports their hypotheses and more time looking for data that contradicts them.
So, let's try that.
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What's a sympathetic understanding of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the anti-clericalism of those two revolutions?
* the monasteries and the parishes had the right to tax
* the monasteries etc grew rich
What's a sympathetic understanding of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the anti-clericalism of those two revolutions?
* the monasteries and the parishes had the right to tax
* the monasteries etc grew rich
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* there was widespread understanding that those inside the monasteries were corrupt, hypocritical and lazy
The monasteries were, to some degree, parasitic parallel governments that lived high on the hog and taxed the labor and money of the common ppl
Remind you of anything?
* there was widespread understanding that those inside the monasteries were corrupt, hypocritical and lazy
The monasteries were, to some degree, parasitic parallel governments that lived high on the hog and taxed the labor and money of the common ppl
Remind you of anything?
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American universities are madrassas, according to St Rev, teaching intolerance and hate and radicalizing their students for jihad against the Outgroup.
...but they are also the worst case understanding of monasteries.
American universities are madrassas, according to St Rev, teaching intolerance and hate and radicalizing their students for jihad against the Outgroup.
...but they are also the worst case understanding of monasteries.
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Student loan forgiveness is de-facto a tax on everyone outside the monasteries / madrassas / universities.
Money flows from taxpayers to the US government to those with student loans, to the universities.
Student loan forgiveness is de-facto a tax on everyone outside the monasteries / madrassas / universities.
Money flows from taxpayers to the US government to those with student loans, to the universities.
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Student loan forgiveness is the idea that we should tax gas station attendants so that Harvard University, with an endowment of $42 billion, can accumulate further riches.
Student loan forgiveness is the idea that we should tax gas station attendants so that Harvard University, with an endowment of $42 billion, can accumulate further riches.
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object level conclusion: student loan forgiveness, as presented today, is a bad idea
meta level conclusion: don't stop with a basic bitch understanding of historical analogies; dig deeper
object level conclusion: student loan forgiveness, as presented today, is a bad idea
meta level conclusion: don't stop with a basic bitch understanding of historical analogies; dig deeper
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...and, policy level conclusion: student loan forgiveness is a great idea if we can couple it with dissolution of the monasteries. Were I POTUS I'd approach the issue through a consumer protection angle: I'd "start a conversation" about the false deceptive claims unis make
...and, policy level conclusion: student loan forgiveness is a great idea if we can couple it with dissolution of the monasteries. Were I POTUS I'd approach the issue through a consumer protection angle: I'd "start a conversation" about the false deceptive claims unis make
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I'd propose loan forgiveness coupled with an end to gov subsidies.
* any department or major at a uni that can't demonstrate a 15 year track record of placing students in jobs with an average ROI on tuition of 20+% loses all gov funding going forward
I'd propose loan forgiveness coupled with an end to gov subsidies.
* any department or major at a uni that can't demonstrate a 15 year track record of placing students in jobs with an average ROI on tuition of 20+% loses all gov funding going forward
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* where "funding" means both grants and student loans
* all existing loans forgiven if and only if the uni that took the loan money dissolves the department that issued the degree
This aligns incentives - you now reach out directly to students and tell them to bombard uni
* where "funding" means both grants and student loans
* all existing loans forgiven if and only if the uni that took the loan money dissolves the department that issued the degree
This aligns incentives - you now reach out directly to students and tell them to bombard uni
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with requests that they dissolve the department that issued the degree.
You've now put unis on the horns of a dilemma - either they shut down the Womens Studies departments and thus get 50,000 student loans forgiven on behalf of their grads, or their grads now hate them.
with requests that they dissolve the department that issued the degree.
You've now put unis on the horns of a dilemma - either they shut down the Womens Studies departments and thus get 50,000 student loans forgiven on behalf of their grads, or their grads now hate them.
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This is the kind of thing @hradzka is always talking about: you don't put pressure on X ; you put pressure on Y to put pressure on X.
This is the kind of thing @hradzka is always talking about: you don't put pressure on X ; you put pressure on Y to put pressure on X.
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There are dozens of ideas like this (re student loan, re reducing the power of the EPA, etc.) that a loose canon like Trump could have done.
And yet he did effectively none of it.
This is one reason I'm angry at him. He had Loose Canon Big Dick Energy and did so little.
There are dozens of ideas like this (re student loan, re reducing the power of the EPA, etc.) that a loose canon like Trump could have done.
And yet he did effectively none of it.
This is one reason I'm angry at him. He had Loose Canon Big Dick Energy and did so little.
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The liberal arts departments in colleges were largely killed 20-40 years ago, hollowed out, and worn as skin suits by SJWs.
For those who care, they can follow indie scholars like @jmrphy
Liberal arts are GREAT; I encourage everyone to spend $20/mo https://twitter.com/AppealToPathos/status/1328708209109053440
The liberal arts departments in colleges were largely killed 20-40 years ago, hollowed out, and worn as skin suits by SJWs.
For those who care, they can follow indie scholars like @jmrphy
Liberal arts are GREAT; I encourage everyone to spend $20/mo https://twitter.com/AppealToPathos/status/1328708209109053440
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and, further, a college is perfectly free to dissolve a department and then reconstitute it a week later under a slightly different name. I thought of that hack already. The trick is that the department can't get USG funding until it has a 15 year track record of ROI jobs.
and, further, a college is perfectly free to dissolve a department and then reconstitute it a week later under a slightly different name. I thought of that hack already. The trick is that the department can't get USG funding until it has a 15 year track record of ROI jobs.
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So Cornell can dissolve African Studies, History, and Womens Studies, and then create African History Department, Old Things Department, and Female Studies ... but none of them ever get USG funding.
If you want to study Old Things, go online, or go to Cornell. Either works.
So Cornell can dissolve African Studies, History, and Womens Studies, and then create African History Department, Old Things Department, and Female Studies ... but none of them ever get USG funding.
If you want to study Old Things, go online, or go to Cornell. Either works.
