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"Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low."
by Eddy_Viscosity2 4y ago
"Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low."
- throwaway2037 4y ago<hat tip> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%27s_law Sayre's law states, in a formulation quoted by Charles Philip Issawi: "In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake." By way of corollary, it adds: "That is why academic politics are so bitter."
- ip26 4y agoSuch a great generalized insight. I’ve added the other criteria is winner take all conditions. The infighting over a small pie grows in intensity when only one person gets to take it home.