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> Saying that our universities are in the grips of leftist ideology isn't making shit up. It's verifiable reality. Frankly, all I can do is laugh. The data tr
by UncleMeat 3y ago
> Saying that our universities are in the grips of leftist ideology isn't making shit up. It's verifiable reality.
Frankly, all I can do is laugh.
The data trying to argue that there is some threat to intellectual diversity at universities is laughable.
- robomartin 3y agoWhile you laugh, watch the interview with Nial Ferguson and you might learn a thing or two. I don't want to guess as to why reality escapes your conclusions. Are you going to say that places like Berkeley are balanced? Yes, that's an extreme example, of course. Academia, in this country, is decidedly on the left. The people they graduate are deeply influenced by this. Here, let's use another metric to get a sense of the ideological leanings of our STEM graduates. Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/most-liberal-tech-companies-ranked-by-employee-donations.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/most-liberal-tech-companies-... Summary of employee political donations: Democrat Republican Netflix: 98% 2% Nvidia: 93% 7% Adobe: 93% 7% IBM: 90% 10% Salesforce: 89% 11% Google: 88% 12% Microsoft: 85% 15% Apple: 84% 16% PayPal: 84% 16% Cisco: 80% 20% Amazon: 77% 23% Facebook: 77% 23% Intel: 68% 32% Broadcom: 68% 32% Oracle: 67% 33% TI: 60% 40% Qualcomm: 50% 50%