{"id":2151286,"date":"2024-01-17T07:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T12:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-and-why-the-ivy-league-will-die\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T07:32:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T12:32:05","slug":"how-and-why-the-ivy-league-will-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-and-why-the-ivy-league-will-die\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ivy League&#8217;s Inevitable Demise"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-and-why-the-ivy-league-will-die%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2151286&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Engaging College Admissions Officers and DMV Workers<\/h2>\n<p>Have you ever encountered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-cherry-picks-tragic-abuse-story-to-smear-the-homeschooling-surge\/\" title=\"Washington Post distorts abuse story to attack homeschooling surge\">college admissions officer<\/a>? Who do they remind you\u200b of? Well, let&#8217;s just say they bear \u200da \u2063striking resemblance to those folks at the DMV. \u200bIn a kinder light, they are individuals who have made the \u2062best\u2063 of limited \u2062options.\u200d But\u200b if we&#8217;re being a bit cruel,\u2062 they are \u2063midwits on a power trip. Picture them as slightly less cynical, a little\u2062 skinnier, \u200band sporting higher-end glasses. But at their core,\u2064 both college \u200badmissions officers and DMV workers embody the same archetype: the ultimate \u200dlow \u200bbusybody.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1836470893\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e0e3ce0627c5a4a6d6c965b88eed9119 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e0e3ce0627c5a4a6d6c965b88eed9119\"><\/div>\n<p>DMV workers afflict the vast population of drivers with their \u200dmediocrity. Admissions officers, on the other hand, affect a smaller group\u2063 of people\u2014the ones who either attend or don&#8217;t attend college because of them. And within that subset,\u2062 only\u200d a select\u2062 few make it to the colleges that truly matter\u2014the Ivy League institutions that supposedly produce the leaders of the Western World.<\/p>\n<p>All higher education institutions share a common middle layer:\u2062 admissions\u200c officers\u200c and a horde\u2064 of related bureaucrats who effectively run \u200dthe\u200d show. Take Stanford University, for example, which\u2062 boasts a staggering 15,750 non-teaching employees\u2014nearly double the \u2063number of undergraduates and seven times the faculty count.<\/p>\n<p>The responsibility for \u2063the decline of the Ivy League lies not with wokeness, diversity\u200b hires, or a naive donor class, but \u2064with the very\u200d people who should be\u2064 upholding its standards: the middle management.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Conquest Laws<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Robert Conquest, a renowned historian and \u2064long-time research fellow at Stanford University&#8217;s Hoover Institution, formulated three laws that shed light on the decay \u200dof institutions:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1ceea3efa1f41ccc5a23011d7d50e6bc fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1ceea3efa1f41ccc5a23011d7d50e6bc\"><\/div>\n<ol type=\"1\" start=\"1\">\n<li>Everyone is reactionary about\u2062 what \u2063they know best.<\/li>\n<li>Any organization not explicitly right-wing\u2064 will eventually become left-wing.<\/li>\n<li>The simplest way to explain \u2063an organization&#8217;s behavior\u2063 is to assume it is controlled by a cabal of\u200d its \u200cenemies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>These laws depict the gradual deterioration of institutions.\u200b They reveal why institutions inevitably lean left, especially in countries like America where explicitly right-wing policies have been abandoned, even within\u2063 supposedly right-wing\u200c organizations.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Institutions begin as &#8220;reactionary,&#8221; established by\u200d individuals \u2063deeply knowledgeable\u200b about their purpose.<\/li>\n<li>Over time, \u2063the original founders depart, \u200band less \u200cknowledgeable individuals take the reins. These newcomers, lacking\u200c the same passion and dedication, push the \u200cinstitution towards a less meritocratic\u2063 and more &#8220;equal&#8221; structure because\u2063 they \u2062themselves lack merit.<\/li>\n<li>Unless there are specific rules in place to prevent decay, the\u2064 institution\u2063 will\u200d continue drifting leftward, ultimately \u2062becoming a \u200bmicrocosm of socialism\u2014a self-serving organization that prioritizes the well-being\u2063 of its members over any meaningful purpose \u2062or progress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This covers the first\u200b two Conquest \u200dLaws, but \u2063it&#8217;s the third law that holds the true revelation. At\u200b first glance, it may seem incomprehensible, but \u200bit essentially suggests that most non-reactionary institutions are zombies. They may appear alive, going about\u2064 their business, \u200bbut\u2062 their true aim is to\u200c survive long enough to infect\u200c other institutions\u2062 with\u2064 their disease.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to understand \u200bthis concept is through the acronym POSIWID, used by systems engineers, which stands for &#8220;the Purpose Of a \u2064System Is What It Does.&#8221; In \u200dessence, the outcomes of a system \u200breveal its true nature more reliably than the intentions of its creators.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bf0590954732b1e587d11df02e53326c fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bf0590954732b1e587d11df02e53326c\"><\/div>\n<p>For instance, consider most \u2064SaaS (software as a\u200b service) companies. Their founders initially aim to create systems that are cheaper \u200cand more efficient. However, over time, do \u2063these\u200c systems actually achieve those goals? If \u200cyou&#8217;ve worked\u2062 in a major corporation, you&#8217;ll likely find that the\u2062 answer is rarely. Many corporations adopt expensive software systems only to discover that things are no more efficient \u200bthan when they relied on paper. People \u200bend up working \u200blonger hours, and costs skyrocket.<\/p>\n<p>Most SaaS companies, in\u2062 reality, make\u200d things less efficient while costing more money. This isn&#8217;t a failure on their part; it&#8217;s \u2064their true purpose\u2014to serve \u200bas\u200b a feast for the enemies of their original founders. These \u200benemies \u2063prefer things to be more expensive and less efficient because they lack the ability, \u200bknowledge, \u200dor desire to do better.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Chaos of Elite Universities<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If there&#8217;s an institution\u2063 that perfectly exemplifies being run by a cabal\u2063 of its enemies, it&#8217;s America&#8217;s elite universities. \u2063Harvard, for instance, was founded in 1636 with a \u2064mission to guide \u2063students towards eternal\u2063 life through knowledge of God\u2064 and Jesus Christ. Today, Harvard\u2064 seems to exist for the exact opposite purpose. Even if we consider its 1836 motto \u2063&#8221;VERITAS&#8221; as\u200b its true mission,\u2062 it becomes evident that \u200cHarvard primarily seeks to obscure the truth \u200brather than reveal it. This is because the\u2062 enemies who run the institution cannot grasp the\u200c truth and \u200bresent those who can.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m \u2063not referring to woke diversity hires or \u2062cynical elitist \u2063donors seeking social status. It&#8217;s not \u200ceven about wokeness itself \u200dand its manipulative propaganda. The true enemies of Harvard \u2063University \u200care the very people Conquest warned us about\u2014the midwit managers in \u2064charge of the admissions \u2063department.<\/p>\n<p>DMV workers despise you, and it&#8217;s no secret. Similarly, the Harvard admissions department harbors disdain for its own students. The elite students\u200b are viewed as class enemies by the admissions officers, who often come from middle or lower-class backgrounds. Over time, these admissions officers, like typical middle managers, dismantle the \u2064stringent rules that once made the\u200d institution elite. There are no rules more\u2063 explicitly\u2064 right-wing than\u200b exceptionally\u200b high admissions standards, which have \u2064long \u200cpreserved the importance \u200dof the Ivy League. However,\u2064 the rot eventually \u2062became too pervasive, and the managers\u2014the enemies of \u2063truth\u2014found a way\u200c to\u2063 dismantle those standards \u200dand open the floodgates to their own\u200d class.<\/p>\n<p>The result is \u200bnot the elevation of the masses to elite status, which is impossible. Instead,\u2063 it leads \u200cto chaos. And\u200b chaos \u200dhas a distinct \u2062appearance\u2014it&#8217;s the poop on the street, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-san-francisco-da-prosecuted-just-3-drug-cases-in-2021-0-involving-fentanyl\/\" title=\"Radical San Francisco DA Prosecuted Just 3 Drug Cases in 2021, 0 Involving Fentanyl\">open-air drug markets<\/a>, the food deserts, and the bread lines. Chaos is \u2063not just\u2064 anything; it&#8217;s the shape of things when a better shape is not enforced by those who care.<\/p>\n<p>This is precisely Conquest&#8217;s point\u2062 about institutions. If we fail\u200b to uphold\u200c reactionary right-wing rules like elitism and meritocracy within them, they won&#8217;t simply dissolve into \u200dnothingness. Instead, they transform into the undead, determined to turn every institution \u2064into a hideous monster like themselves. We&#8217;ve \u200dwitnessed this phenomenon in countless experiments with communism \u2063worldwide, and it&#8217;s undeniably happening here.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Conquest\u200b gained fame as a \u2064historian for exposing the mass murders and atrocities\u200b committed \u200cby communist regimes. However, he was also a poet, \u2064and in addition to his \u2062famous laws about institutional decline, \u200dhe explicitly warned about the consequences of bureaucratic\u2064 dominance in academia:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><em>&#8216;Those teach who can&#8217;t do&#8217; runs\u2064 the dictum,<br \/>\nBut for some even that&#8217;s out \u2062of reach:<br \/>\nThey can&#8217;t even teach\u2014so they&#8217;ve \u200dpicked &#8217;em<br \/>\nTo teach other people to teach.<br \/>\nThen alas for the\u2064 next \u200bgeneration,<br \/>\nFor \u2062the pots fairly crackle with thorn.<br \/>\nWhere psychology meets education,<br \/>\nA terrible\u2062 bullsh-t is born.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How can \u200dwe ensure a \u200dfair\u200b and \u200cunbiased evaluation of applicants in the admissions process while still maintaining a commitment to excellence and meritocracy<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Any other bureaucratic middle \u200bmanagers,\u2063 have allowed their resentment\u2062 and envy to guide their decisions.\u2063 Instead of seeking out \u2063the best\u200c and brightest students to uphold \u2064the standards of excellence that \u2063Harvard once stood for,\u200c they prioritize diversity quotas and social\u200c justice narratives. They\u200b aim to create\u200b a student body that is \u2064a reflection of their own mediocrity, rather than \u2062a group \u2064of\u2064 individuals who have earned their place through merit and hard \u200dwork.<\/p>\n<p>This \u200dphenomenon is not \u2063unique to Harvard. Elite universities \u200cacross the country have fallen\u2064 victim to\u2063 this same decay. They \u2064have strayed from their original \u2062purpose\u200b of cultivating intellectual\u200c curiosity \u2063and producing future leaders. Instead, they have become breeding grounds for ideological conformity and\u2062 social \u200dengineering.<\/p>\n<p>The problem\u200c lies with the admissions\u2062 officers and the middle management\u200c that\u200d perpetuates this decay. These individuals\u200c lack the passion and dedication that the original founders had. They are more concerned \u2062with their own power and status within the institution\u200b than with upholding its true \u200cpurpose. They have \u2062succumbed to the prevailing\u2062 left-wing ideology\u200b and\u200b have turned their institutions into \u2064echo\u200c chambers that stifle intellectual diversity and free \u200bthought.<\/p>\n<p>So,\u200b how\u2064 do we address this issue? \u200bIt starts with recognizing the \u200bproblem \u2064and holding those responsible accountable. It requires a reevaluation of the values and principles that these institutions were built upon. \u2063It demands a return to meritocracy and a commitment to\u200d excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, it is crucial to foster a\u200b culture that values intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and \u2063open dialogue. This\u2063 means creating an environment\u200c where\u2064 students\u2062 and faculty feel \u2064free to express their ideas and challenge the status quo without fear of retribution. It involves diversifying the perspectives and \u2062backgrounds of the admissions officers themselves, to ensure a\u2064 fair and unbiased evaluation of applicants.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the transformation of elite universities into centers of ideological conformity should be cause\u200b for concern for\u2063 all. These institutions play a \u200dpivotal role in shaping the future leaders of our\u2064 society. If they\u200d continue down their current path, we risk losing the intellectual vitality and diversity that is necessary for progress and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u200btime to engage with college admissions \u2064officers and DMV workers, not with \u200bdisdain \u200cor \u2064cruelty,\u2063 but with a demand for accountability and excellence. We must challenge the prevailing ideology and restore the true\u2063 purpose of these institutions. Only then can we reclaim the integrity and\u2062 value\u2064 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committee-has-grave-concerns-over-uc-berkeleys-china-ties\/\" title=\"House committee concerned about UC Berkeley's China connections.\">higher\u200c education<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever encountered a college admissions officer? They resemble DMV workers. They&#8217;ve made the most of limited choices, but can be seen as power-hungry midwits. 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