In the long run, political checks and balances are not enough to safeguard functional democracy. Our political order is grounded in dignity culture, and this culture also needs protection from upstartism.
To that end, we have to patch the loopholes through which woke monster came into being.
The leaning of Western academia to the left, growing orthodoxy and groupthink was one of these loopholes. We need the balance of the left and right political views among faculty members in humanities departments to withstand potential radical take-overs.
As for meritocracy, we don’t want Marxist professors to teach history, especially if they are very good at it.
Meritocracy is not the only criteria of suitability anyway. For example, you would not hire professor of mathematics to teach students biology regardless of his merit.
You would not hire math professor to teach biology because the math professor would be meritless in that field.
If you think various views are needed, then Marxism is one such view of history. It comes a lot closer to explaining how badly the poor have been treated throughout history than a conservative worshipping of unchecked Capitalism does.
I thought balancing of anything is out. Just strictly meritocracy?
In the long run, political checks and balances are not enough to safeguard functional democracy. Our political order is grounded in dignity culture, and this culture also needs protection from upstartism.
To that end, we have to patch the loopholes through which woke monster came into being.
The leaning of Western academia to the left, growing orthodoxy and groupthink was one of these loopholes. We need the balance of the left and right political views among faculty members in humanities departments to withstand potential radical take-overs.
As for meritocracy, we don’t want Marxist professors to teach history, especially if they are very good at it.
Meritocracy is not the only criteria of suitability anyway. For example, you would not hire professor of mathematics to teach students biology regardless of his merit.
You would not hire math professor to teach biology because the math professor would be meritless in that field.
If you think various views are needed, then Marxism is one such view of history. It comes a lot closer to explaining how badly the poor have been treated throughout history than a conservative worshipping of unchecked Capitalism does.