From its theocratic origins, university has always served an establishment function, which is why it is tolerated at all. Every institution within the legacy church-state authoritarian hierarchy of institutions, spanning militarism, religion, politics, economics, and culture, are each required to return an authoritarian contribution to the authoritarian totality, while the self-interested state competes in the evolutionary arms race. One might assess that university has been incorporated within the economic and cultural spectrum, but it has been co-opted by the state the same way that technology has always been made to serve the state, and militarism. The products of university supply the military and business sectors. University reinforces the establishment political and economic narrative. The methodology of scientific reductionism cultivates specialization, and compartmentalization that develops absent from a holistic responsibility. University production of the Professional-Managerial Class and careerism serves and reinforces the establishment agenda. University isn't about enlightenment, it's about serving the conservative establishment status quo. Humanities has been to the moon, and now faces existential extinction, yet humanity hasn't been able to escape a regressive, reactionary, authoritarian, tribal ruling class that has decided to regress, and return to debt-peonage neo-feudalism.
The Nazis suffered no shortage Engineers and Doctors. The idea that academia is necessarily some kind of insulation against inhuman degeneracies like authoritarian coercion and exploitation is and always has been a petit bourgeoisie fantasy.
@@capthawkeye8010Still, there is a text by Feuerbach in which he explains how Prussia was wrong in believing that the sciences would not subvert power. I remember him writing how revolutionary a book about food science was.
50 years ago Professor Harvey argued "...that capitalism annihilates space to ensure its own reproduction..." Looks like he is correct. Dr. Harvey is also a long-time proponent of _Le Droit à la Ville,_ or _The Right to the City_ "...a concept and slogan that emphasizes the idea that urban spaces should be inclusive, democratic, and accessible to all residents."
Oh man the economics department 🏬 at any given college is essentially the reeducation camp of Capitalism. Individual professors have fought back and it's not as ideologically gridlocked now that wealth inequality is a glaring reality. But yeah as someone who received international relations training with an emphasis on economics, my time since has consisted of as much unlearning as it has learning.
Prof Harvey knows what he's talking about. Academic life is a nightmare today - soulless, bleak and exploitative, with an increasingly brittle veneer of ersatz "scholarship."
the over-riding push for grant funding is corrupting the putative reason behind tenure. I quit my phd program in part for what is being discussed here. Intellectual freedom is a catch-phrase now, but the professors won't unite to buck the corrupting effects of this corporatization. As I've long attested, academia is broken.
"The juvenile sea squirt wanders the sea searching for a suitable rock to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore, so it eats it! It's rather like getting tenure." Daniel Dennett
I've seen the 2004 Frontline summary of what corporate tax dodging is at Wall Street. That Frontline video is something Frontline recently put onto UA-cam.
I fully agree and love the format of the class unfolding naturally rather than standardizing syllabi and strictly sticking to a structure that feels forced
In my opinion the american meritocracy has created a system that lacks a strong sense of community. Here in Europe(specifically) western europe, one can say that the government has many faults it's not like things are perfect. There is definitely many things that are also broken here. But what I appreciate in Europe and what I one day hope to bring to my own country is a sense of community. In most western European countries you will find that outside of the major cities where the actual locals live. That there is a sense of community. It is clean, safe, peaceful and the neighborhoods are family oriented(schools are nearby, the houses are pristine albeit small in comparison to the US, you can basically walk and or bycicle everywhere, your kids can play, the grass is cut, people keep their homes up etc. Etc.) People also seem to have closer ties to eachother, treat each other friendly, will say goodbye to one another passing the road. Also this is a lifestyle that most Europeans can afford to have it's not a suburbia thing for people that are lawyers, neurosurgeons and members of parliament. You could be a plumber, a cleaner, a nurse and live in one of those neighbourhoods. Although things are also changing and have been changing in Europe especially the past 3 years of which we can name the migrant crisis, housing crisis, covid and inflation as possible culprits, but still there's generally speaking not this thick layer of toxic energy. I also noticed that in the Netherlands where I live that the people treat eachother respectfully and friendly, that they generally seem to be positive and happy with their lives. When I say treat eachother well I am not counting myself as a migrant in ofcourse. But towards eachother the people are friendly. This super toxic negative energy that seems to be present in most media sources coming from the US is barely present here. Us media in my opinion is always portrayed in extremes. It's almost like people live, experience and express themselves in extremes. All calm, joy and positivity is lost. I imagine myself feeling just as happy, safe and peaceful as the Europeans here once I manage to establish my own community in a safe and peaceful place in my own country. I think the people in this country will score high on a happy people index.
I moved overseas 4.5 years ago. I’m from HawAii, in the last 2 decades I’ve felt like I was in a 24/7 pressure cooker. In Thailand I’m so envious of the Thais and their family structure and the easy laid back peaceful way of life and I feel so much more freedom here and the tolerance and easy acceptance of others, not the judgement and intense competition of the west, also the selfishness, me me me, no empathy or tolerance of others,?what. A relief to be out of that rat race. Aloha and good riddance
Thanks David, will use the line of pulling a dollar bill and saying corporatisation of university education is Green, this doubly so as we know it needs to be red.
Thanks for the video! Do you think outdated metrics like journal impact factor should be abolished? It has become the sole focus of way too many scientific journals, and a perverted surrogate metric for quality research.
Do you think all these advances would exist without capitalism? Unfortunately with AI, it’s discourages free exchange of ideas. It can only regurgitate what it has been programmed to present in the philosophy of its creators.
What I find interesting is that American academia is now leaning heavily toward secular leftism, so how does that juxtapose with the idea that it is also becoming more bureaucratic and corporatist? Very interesting.
@@PoliticalEconomy101 And yet American academia is becoming more corporate and bureaucratic as it also becomes simultaneously more leftist and secular. It was not so corporate years ago when the universities were more conservative. I’m seeing a pattern.
@@bluewater454 so the university environments of the late 1960s which led to the anti-war, free-speech, and hippie movements - and were very very accessible comparatively - were conservative?
'Left' and 'right' is misleading - especially in the corporate-controlled US - because the majority of 'left' and 'right' hate lies, deceit, injustice, etc. They share human compassion and empathy for the suffering of fellow human beings, animals etc. That's why the ruling elites' worse nightmare is when we unite in common cause against them.
@@lankadarsh Yes, they were as a whole more conservative than they are now. Absolutely. I am not claiming that there was a monolithic consensus of conservatism. I am simply stating that the culture as a whole, and certainly the universities were more conservative. As prof Harvey said, there was more of a free thinking culture in the universities, which of course allowed for the more liberal ideas that characterized the hippie culture to flourish. Now that the secular left seems to dominate we are seeing more of a monolithic leftist attitude that is not tolerant of opposing views. It is tribalistic at its core, to the point of being almost cult like in its attitudes. I am starting to see opposition to normal traditional views to the point of violence. The left is starting to show its authoritarian tendencies, right here in the once land of freedom.
From its theocratic origins, university has always served an establishment function, which is why it is tolerated at all. Every institution within the legacy church-state authoritarian hierarchy of institutions, spanning militarism, religion, politics, economics, and culture, are each required to return an authoritarian contribution to the authoritarian totality, while the self-interested state competes in the evolutionary arms race. One might assess that university has been incorporated within the economic and cultural spectrum, but it has been co-opted by the state the same way that technology has always been made to serve the state, and militarism. The products of university supply the military and business sectors. University reinforces the establishment political and economic narrative. The methodology of scientific reductionism cultivates specialization, and compartmentalization that develops absent from a holistic responsibility. University production of the Professional-Managerial Class and careerism serves and reinforces the establishment agenda. University isn't about enlightenment, it's about serving the conservative establishment status quo. Humanities has been to the moon, and now faces existential extinction, yet humanity hasn't been able to escape a regressive, reactionary, authoritarian, tribal ruling class that has decided to regress, and return to debt-peonage neo-feudalism.
Yes, well said.
I am a mathematical physicist with a PhD. You are speaking from my heart.
@@sirmclovin9184 It's an honor to be so recognized Sir, thanks for your lovely comment, cheers~
The Nazis suffered no shortage Engineers and Doctors. The idea that academia is necessarily some kind of insulation against inhuman degeneracies like authoritarian coercion and exploitation is and always has been a petit bourgeoisie fantasy.
@@capthawkeye8010Still, there is a text by Feuerbach in which he explains how Prussia was wrong in believing that the sciences would not subvert power. I remember him writing how revolutionary a book about food science was.
50 years ago Professor Harvey argued "...that capitalism annihilates space to ensure its own reproduction..." Looks like he is correct. Dr. Harvey is also a long-time proponent of _Le Droit à la Ville,_ or _The Right to the City_ "...a concept and slogan that emphasizes the idea that urban spaces should be inclusive, democratic, and accessible to all residents."
This was enlightening, never thought of Academics and Propaganda being the same thing. It’s frightening!
Oh man the economics department 🏬 at any given college is essentially the reeducation camp of Capitalism. Individual professors have fought back and it's not as ideologically gridlocked now that wealth inequality is a glaring reality.
But yeah as someone who received international relations training with an emphasis on economics, my time since has consisted of as much unlearning as it has learning.
Fascinating report. Thank you Democracy at Work.♥️🇮🇪🍀🇵🇸🕊
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Prof Harvey knows what he's talking about. Academic life is a nightmare today - soulless, bleak and exploitative, with an increasingly brittle veneer of ersatz "scholarship."
I learned more at the University of UA-cam than I have from the academy. Now we just need a parallel system not owned by Google.
the over-riding push for grant funding is corrupting the putative reason behind tenure. I quit my phd program in part for what is being discussed here. Intellectual freedom is a catch-phrase now, but the professors won't unite to buck the corrupting effects of this corporatization. As I've long attested, academia is broken.
Thanks!
PhD dropout here 🎉 🎉 🎉
Thank you for your service ;)
"The juvenile sea squirt wanders the sea searching for a suitable rock to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore, so it eats it! It's rather like getting tenure."
Daniel Dennett
Brilliant!! Thanks for making me smile.
Love that one
Insightful discourse
I've seen the 2004 Frontline summary of what corporate tax dodging is at Wall Street. That Frontline video is something Frontline recently put onto UA-cam.
link ?
I fully agree and love the format of the class unfolding naturally rather than standardizing syllabi and strictly sticking to a structure that feels forced
Great topic
Excellent 💯👍👏work, great episode🌹❤, as always - intresting thanks😊
I miss the friendliness
In my opinion the american meritocracy has created a system that lacks a strong sense of community.
Here in Europe(specifically) western europe, one can say that the government has many faults it's not like things are perfect. There is definitely many things that are also broken here. But what I appreciate in Europe and what I one day hope to bring to my own country is a sense of community. In most western European countries you will find that outside of the major cities where the actual locals live. That there is a sense of community. It is clean, safe, peaceful and the neighborhoods are family oriented(schools are nearby, the houses are pristine albeit small in comparison to the US, you can basically walk and or bycicle everywhere, your kids can play, the grass is cut, people keep their homes up etc. Etc.) People also seem to have closer ties to eachother, treat each other friendly, will say goodbye to one another passing the road. Also this is a lifestyle that most Europeans can afford to have it's not a suburbia thing for people that are lawyers, neurosurgeons and members of parliament. You could be a plumber, a cleaner, a nurse and live in one of those neighbourhoods. Although things are also changing and have been changing in Europe especially the past 3 years of which we can name the migrant crisis, housing crisis, covid and inflation as possible culprits, but still there's generally speaking not this thick layer of toxic energy. I also noticed that in the Netherlands where I live that the people treat eachother respectfully and friendly, that they generally seem to be positive and happy with their lives. When I say treat eachother well I am not counting myself as a migrant in ofcourse. But towards eachother the people are friendly. This super toxic negative energy that seems to be present in most media sources coming from the US is barely present here. Us media in my opinion is always portrayed in extremes. It's almost like people live, experience and express themselves in extremes. All calm, joy and positivity is lost. I imagine myself feeling just as happy, safe and peaceful as the Europeans here once I manage to establish my own community in a safe and peaceful place in my own country.
I think the people in this country will score high on a happy people index.
I moved overseas 4.5 years ago. I’m from HawAii, in the last 2 decades I’ve felt like I was in a 24/7 pressure cooker. In Thailand I’m so envious of the Thais and their family structure and the easy laid back peaceful way of life and I feel so much more freedom here and the tolerance and easy acceptance of others, not the judgement and intense competition of the west, also the selfishness, me me me, no empathy or tolerance of others,?what. A relief to be out of that rat race. Aloha and good riddance
We need to make all University state owned and federally funded with the same amount of funding and keep corporations out of it
Employees...the end product of corporatized academia is employees.
Thanks David, will use the line of pulling a dollar bill and saying corporatisation of university education is Green, this doubly so as we know it needs to be red.
A great Master.
This is so true.
Hear, hear!
Thanks for the video! Do you think outdated metrics like journal impact factor should be abolished? It has become the sole focus of way too many scientific journals, and a perverted surrogate metric for quality research.
Like Stanford that has more administrative positions than students? Ridiculous.
I find the same issues in biological research, if it not going to make money in the short-term 2 or 3 years no need to do it.
interesting
Do you think all these advances would exist without capitalism? Unfortunately with AI, it’s discourages free exchange of ideas. It can only regurgitate what it has been programmed to present in the philosophy of its creators.
The marxist state instead talk about industrializing the academics
Totally agree. Mind you humanity has always led to the bottom dollar it will change though
What I find interesting is that American academia is now leaning heavily toward secular leftism, so how does that juxtapose with the idea that it is also becoming more bureaucratic and corporatist? Very interesting.
You have the causation backwards. People are going more left because the forces of capitalism are becoming more hyper and oppressive.
@@PoliticalEconomy101 And yet American academia is becoming more corporate and bureaucratic as it also becomes simultaneously more leftist and secular. It was not so corporate years ago when the universities were more conservative. I’m seeing a pattern.
@@bluewater454 so the university environments of the late 1960s which led to the anti-war, free-speech, and hippie movements - and were very very accessible comparatively - were conservative?
'Left' and 'right' is misleading - especially in the corporate-controlled US - because the majority of 'left' and 'right' hate lies, deceit, injustice, etc. They share human compassion and empathy for the suffering of fellow human beings, animals etc. That's why the ruling elites' worse nightmare is when we unite in common cause against them.
@@lankadarsh Yes, they were as a whole more conservative than they are now. Absolutely. I am not claiming that there was a monolithic consensus of conservatism. I am simply stating that the culture as a whole, and certainly the universities were more conservative. As prof Harvey said, there was more of a free thinking culture in the universities, which of course allowed for the more liberal ideas that characterized the hippie culture to flourish.
Now that the secular left seems to dominate we are seeing more of a monolithic leftist attitude that is not tolerant of opposing views. It is tribalistic at its core, to the point of being almost cult like in its attitudes. I am starting to see opposition to normal traditional views to the point of violence. The left is starting to show its authoritarian tendencies, right here in the once land of freedom.
Having an AI preserving knowledge... hmmm... You know, the movie Rollerball from the 70s might be a good thing to watch.
We urgently need a General🎳 Strike! 😊