[sigh/] Because trying to make your university into an all-encompassing brand, faux-feudal liege, and "Court of the Sun King at Versailles" temple to its own g

[sigh/] Because trying to make your university into an all-encompassing brand, faux-feudal liege, and "Court of the Sun King at Versailles" temple to its own glory can work really well ...until there is some serious conflict between groups that you've recruited as vassals. Then, you re-learn that historical feudal systems tended to resolve such conflicts via open warfare. But optimizing for the short term did work really well, and everyone else was doing it, and ... [sigh/]