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When income level is the most important division in a society, politics is a struggle over how to redistribute money. When a society is more divided by education, politics becomes a war over values and culture. In country after country, people differ by education level on immigration, gender issues, the role of religion in the public square, national sovereignty, diversity, and whether you can trust experts to recommend a vaccine.
~ David Brooks

via How the Ivy League Broke America
published by The Atlantic

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Marine Le Pen was born
on this day in 1968

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Marion Anne Perrine “Marine” Le Pen — the French politician and lawyer who has served as the Member of the National Assembly for the 11th constituency of Pas-de-Calais since 2017 — was born on this day — August 5, 1968 — in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

She is a graduate of Panthéon-Assas University, where she earned a Master of Laws and a Master of Advanced Studies (DEA) in criminal law.

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Building on a Confucian tradition of respect for knowledge, a century-old tradition of university building and a ton of newfound wealth, over the past 20 years China has been steadily building a set of institutions to take on the United States for scientific leadership. But does it have the money, talent and recipe for governance required to achieve this goal?
~ Alex Usher via The World of Higher Education Podcast

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