Are there any thinktanks that aren't trying to destroy America?
this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2024
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There are a few progressive/left wing ones, yes, eg The Institute for Policy Studies. But, unsurprisingly, conservative ones seem to have much more money and influence.
When is money going to be reworked? I feel like it's time.
The ones not full of republicans? Is this a bOtH sIdEs thing?
It seems more like think tanks as institutions are more conservative than other intellectual institutions like universities. Think tanks are effectively used to turn private money into public policy justifications.
There may be some liberal or leftist think tanks out there, but I expect them to be far rarer.
Yeah I am pretty sure there are. Can't think of them off the top of my head though
For being called a thinktank, they aren't doing much thinking. If I was in a thinktank, regardless of where the money came from I would use it for good in some obscure way, fuck rich people.
For some “thinktanks” their job is simply to reinterpret information and release it formatted to support an agenda.
What the fuck is an "extremist fraternal order". You mean like Delta Autoerotic Pi? Δ☠🍆∏
Fraternities and sororities are occupied almost solely by scumbags.
This is not surprising in the least.
It's gottem so bad now that commenters need to look up the meaning of words before commenting.