In this episode of The Left Unsaid, your favorite intergenerational think tank—Pat, Meg, and Finn—dive headfirst into the authoritarian fever dream that is U.S. higher education under pressure from the Trump administration. From threats to Harvard’s funding to the criminalization of pro-Palestinian student speech, we trace how empire comes home to roost.
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Finn contemplates his college prospects as a politically aware white guy.
the rise and fall of soft power, and how U.S. “aid” is often economic sabotage in a humanitarian costume.
Plus, a brief return of the Dutch East India Company, because imperialism loves a reboot.
And yes, because it's 2025, we fulfill our legal obligation to talk about artificial intelligence. Imagine the State Department run by ChatGPT, where generative coups require no redactions and zero moral reflection. The Trump administration has a plan.
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