EDIT: I don't mean impostor syndrome isn't real, just that PMCs abuse it to excuse their position.

  • carbohydra [des/pair]
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    4 years ago

    For every Zizek there are a thousand Milton Friedmans. What good is inventing a vaccine if the mainstream academy makes excuses for why hoarding it is good actually?

    • gvngndz [none/use name,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Most people are like this, most people are liberals and the labour of most people primarily benefits corporations, I just don't understand why you criticize academia so heavily as if it's unique in some way. But I think we are not going to be able to understand each other, so let's just stop and agree to disagree.

      • carbohydra [des/pair]
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        4 years ago

        maybe I wasn't quick enough with my ninja edit:

        and I wasn’t originally thinking of academics, just PMCs in general (who must ofc pass through the academy)

        You brought up academia so I decided to explore it, but I think we should agree about the most important part of the PMC imo, middle managers, corporate lawyers, advertisers, etc. Those were the people I had in mind with the meme.