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🚔   Why fascists hate universities | Jason Stanley

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Authoritarians and would-be authoritarians are only too aware that universities are primary sites of critique and dissentIn Bangladesh, something remarkable has happened. Initially in response to a quota system that reserved the majority of government jobs for specific groups, university students initiated large-scale non-violent protests. Bangladesh’s increasingly autocratic prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, responded essentially with “let them eat cake.” Instead of calming the protests down, Hasina’s response made the protests grow nationwide.In mid-July, the government responded with extreme violence, with police gunning down hundreds of students and shutting down the internet across the country. Scenes of extreme police brutality flooded social media.

The Guardian (Opinion)     Sep 05, 2024