It is said that the popular distain for American history has undermined popular support for the military and discouraged typical likely military volunteers. Will that necessitate a general draft?
Harvard and Hierarchies
The Harvard Discrimination decision raises a lot of interesting questions. This observation here is one of the answers (written not in reference to the decision.)
"The mistake often made here – as in so many social controversies – lies in the idea that, if we abolish the particular type of inequality with which we happen to be familiar, we thereby abolish all inequality. But as [John] Hicks and [Albert] Hart point out, what do we accomplish by diminishing inequality of income if at the same time we increase inequality of power. And it must be remembered that power advantages no less than money advantages may be transmitted (however unofficially) from one generation to another….
In short we do not have a choice between a world of equality and one of inequality. We have only a choice between different kinds of inequality."--Wright
Behind this idea is an important concept that is routinely overlooked in the popular debate: Hierarchies are never overthrown, they are only replaced.
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People from Harvard think they’re better than everyone
That said, it is curious they would try to start looking like the rest of us.
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