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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by daveguy on Thursday May 22, 2025 @05:31PM (#44067297)
> Between Harvard, Yale, and possibly a few other schools, I thought they had influence throughout government.

Turns out the "deep state" is just some made up bullshit to make people distrustful, angry, and easier to manipulate.

> Is some other faction at work now, or is it the same people as before? Are the power networks changing?

Nope, it's always been this dynamic. It's made of people after all. But that doesn't work as well to get people lapping up Trumpty Dumpty propaganda.

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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by bgwalter on Thursday May 22, 2025 @05:52PM (#44067525)
censored.
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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by daveguy on Thursday May 22, 2025 @06:07PM (#44067674)
> Were Harvard and Yale as a whole thought to be part of the deep state?

Academics / Universities / "Elites" having influence over the "deep state" was definitely part of the con that was sold.

Your big bad "culture warriors" is another person's, just trying to be decent.

But yeah, we should rip medicaid away from people, starve food aid recipients, and deport people without due process because libs bad or something. Oh, and they should also destroy the most prolific independent academic research system in the world while they're at it.

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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by bgwalter on Thursday May 22, 2025 @06:24PM (#44067807)
poster attacks a strawman that hasn't been mentioned once.
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