University of Toronto Snags Yale Professors as Canada Raids American Brain Trust

Re:University of Toronto Snags Yale Professors as Canada Rai... by MattGrommes on Thursday March 27, 2025 @06:50PM (#43499138)

One of Germany's biggest mistakes in WWII was pushing out scientists / intellectuals and I fear the US is headed down the same road. Between anti-intellectualism in general, political censorship, and the new Gestapo rounding up student immigrants there's less and less reason for smart people to come to the US or stay and put up with it.

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Re:University of Toronto Snags Yale Professors as Canada Rai... by culturthrowaway on Thursday March 27, 2025 @07:55PM (#43499669)

Losing Jason Stanley in particular is a net benefit to any country that manages it, and a curse on any country that gains him.

I'm not familiar with the others, but being mentioned alongside him is not a vote of confidence.

Hans Bethe he is not.

Though this is almost certainly also quietly happening with others who are not such embarrassing examples.

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Re:University of Toronto Snags Yale Professors as Canada Rai... by regularjack on Thursday March 27, 2025 @08:25PM (#43499896)

Never heard of the guy. Why do you dislike him so much?

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Re:University of Toronto Snags Yale Professors as Canada Rai... by theGeatZhopa on Friday March 28, 2025 @12:30AM (#43501543)

just googled, seems to be a philosopher teaching and researching fascism and such. Also, known for writing books like "how fascism works" or "how propaganda works" - total scum-bag. You know why to hate him.

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