Dennis PragerFounder, PragerU · Founder of PragerU | NYT best-selling author

Elites Are The Most Brainwashed In Western Society

1 Oct 2024 · 2 min

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In this monologue, the speaker argues that graduates of elite universities (Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc.) are the most brainwashed in Western society. He links attendance at these institutions to holding controversial or “morally idiotic” views, such as endorsing non‑traditional pronoun usage, supporting Hamas, or believing America is systemically racist. He suggests that even graduates from less‑prestigious schools can adopt these views, but it is less common. The speaker claims Harvard’s historic cachet has eroded and that the institution, along with academia at large, is contributing to a cultural decline he describes as the West committing suicide.

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The most brainwashed people are the people who have gone most to university, especially an elite university. If you say men give birth, if you supply the idiocy of your preferred pronoun automatically in an email, the odds are you went to an elite university. If you think Hamas are the good guys and Israel are the bad guys, the odds are you went to an elite university. If you think America is systemically racist, the odds are you went to an elite university. You become a moron in most cases. You become a moral idiot if you went to Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc. It is quite possible to happen at the University of Mississippi, but less likely, although it may catch up. People who went to Harvard may end up teaching at the University of Mississippi. The only bright light in all of this is that Harvard has lost its cachet. For the vast majority of Americans, it doesn't mean dip manure if you went to Princeton, Yale, Harvard. It used to have such clout. Harvard commits— is committing suicide, just like the West is committing suicide. And the West is committing suicide because academia is committing suicide.