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> Earlier this year, he resigned his three-decade membership in the American Mathematical Society in a letter citing the group’s failure to oppose the growing n
by genman 3y ago
> Earlier this year, he resigned his three-decade membership in the American Mathematical Society in a letter citing the group’s failure to oppose the growing number of job openings for mathematics faculty that require applicants to draft and submit a statement on diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI.
It was a common theme in Soviet Union that to advance academically you had to produce work that somehow endorsed communism and communists, but especially Marx and Lenin. Despite the fact that Lenin was a mass murdering terrorist, he was idealized by the regime as a near god in Soviet Union. It was also clear to many thinking people that the communist regime is oppressive and absurd. Yet you had to comply if you wanted to have a meaningful career.
- mynameisnoone 3y ago[dead]
- dmoy 3y agoIt's still a thing in China when applying for PhD programs, at least in some Unis in Beijing. Idk if it occurs once you're already in, or just at the application.
- sombragris 3y agoOn a completely opposite ideological side, back in times of Alfredo Stroessner's dictatorship in Paraguay (clearly fascistic, and I don't use that word lightly), any public officer making any public statement whatsoever necessarily had to include in such statement some kind of praise to the dictator, no matter the ocassion. Commencement speech of the public university? Stroessner had to be praised. Dedication of a school somewhere in the countryside? Stroessner had to be praised. You were a general and were giving a talk to the troops? You had to include some praises of Stroessner. This was mandatory and closely checked to test your alignment to the regime. You failed to do so? You were guaranteed to lose your position and maybe begin to be watched by the secret police and informants. So I can very well relate to Barvinok's fears and experience.