The new WVU budget slashes nearly 10 percent of majors and 7 percent of all faculty—but students and staff aren't going down without a fight.
  • ATQ@lemm.ee
    352·
    1 year ago

    Higher Ed in red states is at risk. Of course, that’s the outcome that red states vote for. Oh no! It’s the completely predictable consequences of our very own actions!

    • duderium [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      143·
      1 year ago

      West Virginia was a reliable blue state until the 2000 election. Maybe if democrats focused on helping workers instead of bourgeois scum, they wouldn’t constantly be terrified (or even at risk) of losing elections?

    • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
      134·
      1 year ago

      I’m fine with red states basically being the dumb manual labor slaves the US has always wanted.

      “Made in Oklahoma by children labor”

      Works for my blue-state-ass.

      VOTE!!

        • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
          71·
          1 year ago

          Hexbears need to be sure to explain “liberals” don’t mean left-wing, as it is commonly (and inaccurately) understood.

          • duderium [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
            103·
            1 year ago

            “Left-wing” is pretty vague. I’ve seen people say things like “now I’m as leftwing as they come, which is why I support sending tens of billions of dollars to Ukrainian Nazis! Slava Ukraini!” Under the capitalist mode of production, there are communists, liberals, and fascists. That’s pretty much it.

              • duderium [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
                104·
                1 year ago

                Not really. You either support capitalism or you don’t. And if you do support it, you’re either comfortable with its nastier aspects (genocide, slavery, the annihilation of the human species via climate change), as fascists are, or you find those aspects uncomfortable, as liberals do, though they aren’t an issue for you if they’re kept out of sight. Is there some other group I’m missing here?

          • sharedburdens [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            Liberals already make it very clear that they aren’t left wing, do you think barely-regulated capitalism is a left wing position? Do you think constant warmongering is a left wing position? They’re garbage at actually doing anything concrete besides spending money on weapons.

            Sounds like you like cheering for blue team though.

            • tsonfeir@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Only hexbears know this. Lol. If you ask any righty on the street “are you liberal” they’ll say “hell no I ain’t no commie democrat. “

              And when most people say “own the lib” it’s usually meant to mean lefties.

              So use whatever words you like, but successful communication is more important than proper vocabulary.