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Revealing the Illusion of American "Independence": **The astonishing truth of academics has always been a "pit"!
Hello everyone, this is a military international relations blogger, and today I want to share with you a shocking discovery about the ** and academic independence that the United States has always flaunted. Have you ever wondered if this cloak of "independence" has long been torn?
First of all, let us recall a series of recent events, especially in the aftermath of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, when pro-Palestinian rhetoric turned out to be a "crime". Some students at American colleges and universities, in order to express their support for Palestine and their opposition to Israel's atrocities, have faced threats of hiring from big corporations. Some lawmakers have even signed a petition calling for the resignation of the presidents of several universities, including Harvard. What is the reason behind this?
It may seem that ** and academic institutions are performing some kind of "mission", but in fact, this is only the tip of the iceberg. The famous Elon Musk, the richest man in the United States, was stopped advertising support by a major client for expressing sympathy for Palestine on Twitter. This makes us start to think about how a person has no freedom of speech even if he is the richest man and the best boss
In fact, America's ** independence and academic independence are fundamentally a concept that "does not exist". ** and the "independence" of academic institutions, in fact, are constrained by the bosses of capital. Every ** and every university has its own bosses, and most of these bosses are big capitalists. Journalists and professors, although they think they have independent ideas, must obey the will of their bosses, because their salaries and positions are provided by their bosses. To put it bluntly, ** and academic institutions are just tools of capital, and they are the eyes and ears of capital.
In the past, our understanding of independence and academic independence was mainly relative to this. However, although the ** and academic institutions in the United States may be in opposition to the **, they cannot get rid of the control of capital. This makes us realize that the problem of the United States is not just the disappearance of ** and academic independence, but the fact that they have made up a concept of ** independence and academic independence and strongly advocate it. As a result, ** and academic institutions are nothing more than instruments of capital, becoming part of capital**.
Why, then, is such a concept so popular in the United States and the West?The root cause lies in the lack of true independence of the peoples of the West. The concept of academic independence exists in Western culture because they believe that people do not have the ability to think and judge independently. In contrast, there is an old Chinese saying, "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world", emphasizing that the people's judgment is the highest authority. In Chinese culture, both academics and academics must conform to the will of the people and accept the judgment and choice of the people. This is a manifestation of relative independence.
However, in the United States and the West, this perception is not accepted. They believe that people are not enough to think for themselves, and that it is up to scholars and public knowledgeable who claim to be the subject of scientific truth to tell them what the world looks like. On the one hand, these scholars and intellectuals shout for the maintenance of ** and academic independence, but on the other hand, they accept the salary of capital and become the workers of capital. Therefore, they only dare to criticize **, but they dare not touch the interests of their own bosses. This contradiction makes ** and academic institutions ultimately become tools of capital, rather than real independent forces.
Looking back, let's take another look at the current state of the United States. Not only have ** and academic institutions become tools of capital, but even ** has been manipulated by capital and become an extension of capital. Therefore, it is not accurate to say that the United States is capitalist, and it is more appropriate to say that it is capitalism.
In general, the independence of the people is contradictory. In this contradiction, the United States is not an independent country, but is mired in the quagmire of capital. To understand all this, we need to stand in China's perspective, because only the real independence of the people can truly achieve the independence of the people and academics, and make it a tool to serve the people's will and public opinion. Perhaps, in this comparison, we can more deeply understand the wisdom of "those who win the hearts of the people win the world" in Chinese culture.