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How do you, as a Marxist, view academia in the west? (lemmygrad.ml)
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I am in higher level education in the public university system. I used to view academia as a source of hope in society, and perhaps a progressive institution in someways, or some kind of source of hope with their supposed focus on science and research. After some years here, this "image" I had of academia has been shattered.

What are your perceptions of academia and research institutions, as Marxists?

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[–] D61@hexbear.net 25 points 8 months ago

Its another tool used to reinforce/perpetuate the system that it resides within.

You'll find classes that might be able to fly under the radar and professors/instructors that can get away with injecting some more radical anti establishment ideas into a class but for the most part... its just another means of reproduction.