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by panzagl
2171 days ago
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Really, the Spanish Army? Harvard's endowment is like 3 times it's budget. The Spanish Army is ~120,000 people, There are 2-3 times as many Harvard alumni. After Harvard those alumni have become presidents, founders, etc. Soldiers who leave the Spanish Army get... a pension, I guess? |
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That's like comparing GDP to net worth. It's not completely useless, but caveat emptor when comparing a first derivative to a zeroth derivative.
But yeah. The Spanish Military a strange example because a) it really depends on the community and b) we're talking about different types of power.
In terms of soft/cultural power, the Spanish Army might well be more influential than Harvard in Spain. But, again, only in a weird apples-and-oranges way.
I think maybe parent might have meant in terms of hard power. In a complete vacuum, the Spanish Army could probably topple the statue of John Harvard. But, again, it's completely unclear to me why that would be a useful/interesting/anything-other-than-amusing comparison.
The example I used in another thread, which I think actually works: In Utah, BYU is almost certainly more prestigious and powerful than Harvard.