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by throwawayyy1986 1948 days ago
> However, it would be very hard to do and may take very long time, given the Ivy League folks are pretty much the same group of people in power, none of them would like to make their degree looks cheap, and the irony is they often claim that they support social justice.

Yea, this is spot on.

They love the exclusivity, status and authority. Authority and social justice go hand-in-hand.

It's an end-justifies-the-means movement, so they'll use whatever blunt object they can find to bludgeon people.