Mastodawn

Claudine Gay pens an essay about her resignation. Everyone should read and absorb this paragraph. Because it encapsulates everything that the next year is going to be. From the election to culture, education, culture, you name it. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/opinion/claudine-gay-harvard-president.html

The demagogues won’t stop with Harvard.

The New York Times

If I remember right, when Hitler began having people killed, he started with the intellectuals. They were the biggest threat to him.

@dswidow @melissaryan Mao and Stalin as well. The intellectuals and those who live at the periphery of our compassion are always the first victims.

We can't imagine it happening here, but we need to wise up. As you say, it's happened numerous times throughout history.