I’m amazed that they’re still doing the whole ‘democracy’ thing after Trump won such a decisive victory.
The College Fix reports:
Harvard professors: Democracy is in ‘peril,’ so university must ‘take a stand’A pair of Harvard government professors believe the university must “take a stand” against President Trump as “democracy is in greater peril today than at any time in modern U.S. history.”Ryan Enos and Steven Levitsky write in The Crimson that Trump “ran an openly authoritarian campaign” last year, and is now making good on pledges to “prosecute his rivals, punish media critics, and deploy the military to repress protest.”“The threat to democracy is unambiguous,” the professors say. “Like his authoritarian counterparts in Hungary, Russia, Turkey, and Venezuela, Trump is purging government agencies like the Justice Department, the FBI, the IRS, and the military and packing them with loyalists.”Enos and Levitsky worry about the weaponization of government and how it’s “deployed against critics,” lawsuits generated by the administration, and that Trump’s pardons of January 6 “insurrectionists” give a “clear signal that violence by his supporters will be tolerated.”The professors also say “there is mounting evidence” Trump supporters are “intimidating” non-MAGA Republicans into backing Trump and his policies.Despite Harvard’s policy of institutional neutrality, which Enos and Levitsky say they support, the pair say the university “must speak out, clearly and forcefully” against Trump.Harvard President Alan Garber should “give a high-profile speech defending democracy and condemning the administration’s assault on it” despite the recent “pile-on against elite universities,” Enos and Levitsky argue.They add that Harvard still “retains considerable prestige,” and if the university community succumbs to “fear,” who will confront Trump’s dismantling of the Republic?Similar sentiments have been expressed by academics and college communities almost endlessly since Trump’s election, and especially inauguration. Professors from Michigan State, Yale, and Penn State a few weeks ago recycled a 2024 piece in which they, like Enos and Levitsky, point out Trump’s (alleged) similarities to authoritarian leaders in Hungary, Turkey, and Venezuela.
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