“The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.”

— Abbie Hoffman

Columbia University recently agreed to save itself by becoming a new symbol of cooperation with the government. The $400 million dollars which was withheld by the Trump Administration in order to dictate the operation of the school in hiring police to arrest protestors and make other changes was the death knell of independent higher education and intellectual freedom. The University of Pennsylvania witnessed the same and more will come since these universities caved in to save their jobs and continue to exist. No longer will the likes of Abbie Hoffman and protestors like Mark Rudd occupy Columbia’s buildings as in Nixon’s 1960’s and make demands upon their Administration for social change — or upon anyone else, for that matter. This, in order to continue receiving money so that the university will be able to continue to teach the party line or take over more land and receive money for “getting with the program.” Whatever that may be. You might want to question the statement our Dear Leader made at inauguration when he said:

“After years and years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I also will sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America. Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents.”

Follow this by Tuberville’s statement who said: “When it comes to protesters, we gotta make sure we treat all of them the same: send them to jail.”

Columbia’s problem now seems clear. Especially, after they caved in.

A new anti-intellectualism is now the future.

Let’s look at Columbia and other large Universities, like NYU — where alumni donations and large gifts pay the freight. For those of you with any experience with these schools, keep in mind that they are large entities that have adverse relationships with the often poor or disadvantaged (or powerless) residents in the locations where they exist. The community surrounding Columbia is essentially poor and residents do not have the resources to fight the behemouth in order to exist peacefully in Columbia’s shadow. The student body now is mainly elites and wealthy whose families could care less about the community surrounding the manicured grounds of the school (or international non-profit student shills with no love for America). The days of sit-ins and protests by American middle-class students from the boroughs are long over and are now mostly passive quislings — and no independent thought or investigative journalism will be allowed to advance. Columbia Journalism School, for example, is a bad joke, with no hope of effecting political change, not to mention students’ ability to find a media job in the Trump era unless there are, again, elitist connectios. Varsity Blues was not an anomoly. At least not as it affects the direction of American political thought. So, let’s close Columbia. Let’s give the community back its land and send the research labs, journalism students, social workers and students studying social policy change back to their families — unless they find themselves on a flight to Guantanamo as the Administration would prefer it.

Independent thought, innovation, American Enterprise and Humanism is now over. The political Right, the Republicans and the militias will keep everyone else in line. Everything is cool.

The Solution?

Everyone should now drop out of American Universities and Colleges and join the anti-intellectual, anti-oligarch, anti-Elite, Pro-Democracy movement — and focus all of our energies, money, time and intelligence on supporting our RESPONSIVE representatives, activists, political parties and institutions which foster good government and a sane American policy which our forefathers espoused as American Ideals.

And JOIN THEM — now!

To straighten out, support and fight for our independent, humane, anti-exclusionary Democracy. Forget about buying a new car, getting into a name college, “investing” in a vacation, buying new furniture, or even expanding your wardrobe. Buy food and cook, do your own cleaning, watch your own kids — and Stop spending a dime on anything but your political, Democratic rights of Free Speech, Civil Rights and fight like hell to keep them.

Get off your ass and join the effort! Support our Democracy and Civil Rights!