• adarza@lemmy.ca
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      harvard has money. lots of money… and alumni. lots of smart, powerful, wealthy alumni… he caved quicker than the front wheel assembly of a cybersuck.

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        Their endowment as it sits essentially allows them to operate for something like a decade without any external money. And you can guarantee they’ll get a bump in alumni donations if external funding is removed like that.

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        It’s not just Harvard though, even if they’re taking the lead and getting the headlines

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        I believe their endowment sits somewhere around $50 billion. They could definitely float for a few years until Trump is out of office.

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      Everyone needs to learn from China and Harvard: Just know that you’re better than the repubs and their bullshit, act like it, and don’t bat an eye at their crazy demands. They’ll fold like the cheap suits they wear.

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        that works if you have power… if you don’t have power, they’ll make an example out of you

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      If the Trump/Musk administration actually folded, they’d:

      • Restore all funding
      • Continue with additional grants for research on the basis of merit, per historical practice
      • Stop trying to deport students, staff, and faculty

      I don’t see any of those happening yet; just trying to pass blame to lower-ranking officials.