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"Universities are turning our youths into Marxists!" (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Meanwhile my ecology professor is literally teaching that survival of the fittest is about genetic superiority and that evolution is about working towards that 'goal'. This is incorrect and bad science that is rooted in right-wing ideology that was disproven decades ago.

This is not what survival of the fittest means by the way. There is no such thing as a genetically superior being, as 'fitness' is totally subjective, as well as dependent on your environment. A lifeform that reproduces well in the ocean will still die if you put in the vacuum of space, no matter how 'fit' it was for ocean life. Not to mention the idea that nature has some sort of conscious goal is anthropomorthising a concept and again, bad science.

I really want to do something about this, but I feel like complaining will get me failed or known as a shit stirrer.

I fucking hate capitalist education.

On the plus side, our next lecture is on mutualism

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[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

I literally went through a poli sci program and there were no actual leftists, mostly liberals. Granted, my professors knew their stuff and I genuinely respect them as people, but we talked about really only the basics of what Marx believed but only to further contextualize the Soviet Union.

Granted, my professors did tolerate some of my pushback on defending some of the achievements of the Soviet Union, and how even far-right capitalists like Putin still invoke Lenin as a folk hero despite Dugin’s explicitly fascist intentions.