EDIT: I don't mean impostor syndrome isn't real, just that PMCs abuse it to excuse their position.

  • gvngndz [none/use name,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    That's true for every prole in the world. We're all working for corporations chasing money, how are academicians any different? It's not like their research is meaningless because corporation benefit from it, we benefit too.

    • carbohydra [des/pair]
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      4 years ago

      oh yeah, name 3 inventions from the last 40 years that have been a net benefit to the proletariat

          • gvngndz [none/use name,comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            I think what happened here is that you had a spicy take that you didn't really think about in depth before posting, and now you're trying to save face by cracking jokes and backpedaling in the comments, but it's OK I forgive you. We all post stupid shit from time to time.

            • carbohydra [des/pair]
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              4 years ago

              you're not wrong, but I'm also genuinely curious what positive effect the academy has had recently. we just put people there because it's supposed to "give them opportunities to escape poverty"

              and I wasn't originally thinking of academics, just PMCs in general (who must ofc pass through the academy)

              • gvngndz [none/use name,comrade/them]
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                4 years ago

                Idk, probably a lot of scientific research is done by academicians. There are also many Anarchist/Communist/Marxist academicans (Mark Fisher, Zizek, Chomsky, etc) who have written a lot of insightful books. They also teach thousands of people during their careers.

                • carbohydra [des/pair]
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                  4 years ago

                  For every Zizek there are a thousand Milton Friedmans. What good is inventing a vaccine if the mainstream academy makes excuses for why hoarding it is good actually?

                  • gvngndz [none/use name,comrade/them]
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                    4 years ago

                    Most people are like this, most people are liberals and the labour of most people primarily benefits corporations, I just don't understand why you criticize academia so heavily as if it's unique in some way. But I think we are not going to be able to understand each other, so let's just stop and agree to disagree.