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pboutros didn't make any claims about the validity of your opinion, only about its correctness.

• uberBoober 10y ago
  Ok, but my statement is correct. The US has educated despots and their cabinets for decades. Would you enjoy an articulated list?
  • chickenfries 10y ago
    I don't follow the logic in your original statement. You don't think MIT is motivated by the fact that they have students and professors from these countries, who have nothing to do with autocrats? Surely you're not accusing every Iranian MIT professor of being a despot.
  • jcranmer 10y ago
    If you look at rankings of world universities, the US has the plurality of top universities. Why should it be surprising that plutocrats and autocrats should seek to send their children to top universities?
  • swasheck 10y ago
    certainly they have educated despots, just as many foreign banks possible house deposited illicit funds from many US-born people. academia has no moral obligation to government and any suggestion i can think of that affirms that it should are irresponsible.