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Timothy Snyder is a Russian historian and has a number of books that discuss the rise of Russian oligarchy. Just thought that might be important.
Everyone should watch his youtube series on ukraine
Must be nice to have the means to flee.
I said the intellectuals, aka scientist are always the first to flee from fascist states, because they know better. Also professors are shortages in some universities thats not the USA, USA is too bloated from the university standpoint in terms faculty, even to the point phds.cant get permanjobs
I'm not a professor but I would've fled 8-9 years ago if any of my preferred destination countries would have me. -The thing is, those countries have to want you. It's a lot easier to flee or migrate when you have a PhD, youth, a personal business, and/or lots of money.
This is all-too often overlooked. Despite everything going on, being from the US citizen is not enough to qualify as an asylum seeker.
Which leaves only worker visas and greencards, which are not easy to get of you lack whatever qualifications your destination country seeks.
9 years is a good chunk of time to prepare for the movement. Countries that people want to move to always have a place for a professional, and you can become a professional in just about anything im 9 years, if you put your mind to it
As another "not dealing with this shit" (non-American) expat, yes, yes it is.
They are doing it because they are smart.
That's it ... that's my response. College professors are smart ... I'm leaving now.
It can't be overstated how much Columbia has fucked up this moment. They caved to Elise 'Great Replacement Theory' Stefanik's fake antisemitism hearings stoked that fire, their original unnecessary crackdown on students is largely the cause of the broader unrest on campuses, and now their capitulation signals the weakness of American educational institutions.
It doesn't look like they're going to course correct any time soon either, so hopefully people will reevaluate their position as an elite school.
Also their alleged revoking of people's degree essentially makes Columbia's diplomas being this close to be ignored by employers
I expect it makes students think twice about enrolling too, if your degree can be taken away because the university doesn't like something you said.
I'm gonna grammar MAGA (Make America Grammatical Again) and say that it's course correct, not coarse correct.
Of coarse!