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SarahD

(1,217 posts)
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 02:37 PM Jan 2024

Oligarchs expect universities to produce more oligarchs.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/30/money/harvard-ken-griffin-halts-donations/index.html
This guy expects Harvard to ostracized students who criticize Israel. More generally, he expects Harvard to return to its core mission of serving the wealthy elite. I'm pretty sure he knows perfectly well that the whole diversity, equity, inclusion thing is no real danger to him or those of his caste. He's just annoyed because he has to listen to people he doesn't like.
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