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Once a university becomes a global brand and no longer needs ideological struggle, Jiang says people in charge turn to rent-seeking and pass privilege to friends and children.
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Privilege
Once a university becomes a global brand and no longer needs ideological struggle, Jiang says people in charge turn to rent-seeking and pass privilege to friends and children.
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Jiang says managers cannot simply be removed because they hold power and will protect privilege even by sacrificing ordinary people.
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Elite families are structurally driven to have many children because inheritance, marriage, and reproduction are how they maintain power and privilege.
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"Nowadays, you can talk to like 20 or 30 different deans, dean of student affairs, dean of student faculty, who knows, okay? But there..."
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"...to make their life easier. And then they pass on this privilege to their friends and then to their children. And this creates a..."
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"So will it help if we cancel most of the managers and jobs? Or just like keep one or two of them? Like."
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"...of Stratford University. Their mentality is, how do I maintain my privilege? They don't care about society. All they care about is maintaining their..."
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"What if the elite families don't have that much children? Will this model still work?"
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"...they need to be able to pass on their power and privilege to their children. In fact, the elite is first and foremost concerned..."
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