Trump derangement syndrome is real. American academia's obsession with rendering Trump ineligible to run for election on Jan 6 related technicalities is the la

Trump derangement syndrome is real. American academia's obsession with rendering Trump ineligible to run for election on Jan 6 related technicalities is the latest version of that. That they do it in the name of protecting democracy is ironic, given the extent to which it violates democracy in spirit. In 2023, donors started threatening to pull funding for academic institutions in the face of some frankly 'deranged' activism. Add to that plausible accusations of fraud, the collapse of the DEI complex plus an adversarial Supreme court ....and for the first time, elite academic instructions feel a real sense of insecurity. The subsequent cleanups seen at elite media houses and top universities is a precautionary measure. They bit off too much too soon. They're going back into hiding with a pretty facade for a few years. Sadly for some on the frontlines, the vanguard had to be purged. Sucks to be them. In 20 years, someone will say the same things, make president and they'll be stuck shaking their fists at the clouds.