Could academia today be seen in the future in a similar light as we look at the medieval church? It was the gatekeeper of philosophical education (largely on classist principles), to things like literacy, and used humanity’s curiosity and hunger for knowledge as a carrot on a stick to buy into an oppressive status quo.

Xenophobia and racism exist in America outside of the trump ultras. Hell, outside of the republican party even

I don’t think they care. For most, this is just a middle finger to the government