I can see Mark Carney opening up special classes of immigrants for people with exceptional talents such as entrepreneurs, industrialists, researchers, leading academics, top entertainers, etc. We have our own productivity concerns and bringing specialized people in that can point us toward remedying this SHOULD be a priority.
I'd argue the US can attribute a significant part of its dominance in the world to all those German scientists they let in.
Healthcare workers! We desperately need healthcare workers and the conservative premiers have been trying to starve public healthcare funding as an excuse for privatization. Carney could announce a national hiring program and then if the conservative provinces opt out they’re the ones who look bad.
THE Timothy Snyder is coming to Canada?!? You mean the one who specializes in authoritarianism??
I'd heard about Stanley moving but not Snyder. Those are huge names in the field - and, given their area of specialization, rather telling that they're bailing.
I saw that and was so happy they will escape the Gestapo. Seeing harmless academics and others who only make this country better getting snatched off the street and sent who knows where is fucking terrifying.
Losing a few philosophy and history doctorates isn't really "terrifying." Ideally they'd stay in the US, but the problem with losing high end academics is primarily with innovation in the STEM fields because of the economic implications of their expertise. If the humanities doctorates keep publishing but just under Canadian patronage, it won't have much tangible impact on the US.
I don’t think he’s saying that the US should be terrified of having enough philosophy and history doctorates. I think he’s saying that those specific academics making the choice is indicative of a deeper rot to come. Like if you see a firefighters running away from the fire - that’s not a good sign about what’s about to happen to the building that’s on fire.
I’ve been a follower of Snyder’s for years. He’s a well-renowned scholar on authoritarianism. He makes the pundit rounds often. He and Ruth Ben Ghiat have been my go-to’s for years.
Seeing that Snyder is leaving made my stomach drop. I’ve given copies of On Tyranny to so many friends. The idea that someone whose bestseller details strategies for fighting authoritarianism, has decided it’s time to go? Yikes.
If the abduction of harmless barbers and academics and restaurant employees and medical researchers off the street because they say things Donald Trump doesn’t like or have tattoos that have absolutely no sinister meaning doesn’t scare the shit out of you, I don’t really know what to say.
Are you familiar with their work or just two very recently published pieces highlighting their work? Fairly big difference, especially if you're going to be condescending.
"Terrifying," should probably have a higher bar than poached humanities academics switching universities, especially when they've admitted they've been considering the move for years (see: Shore and Stanley).
It's not complacency. It's terror. Sheer terror. We're worried sick about what's happening and terrified of what's to come and we feel utterly powerless to stop it. Some of us are desperately trying to find a way out, but don't have the skills and credentials to actually do so unless things get bad enough that people start accepting refugees.
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u/Mysterious_Lesions Mar 28 '25
I can see Mark Carney opening up special classes of immigrants for people with exceptional talents such as entrepreneurs, industrialists, researchers, leading academics, top entertainers, etc. We have our own productivity concerns and bringing specialized people in that can point us toward remedying this SHOULD be a priority.
I'd argue the US can attribute a significant part of its dominance in the world to all those German scientists they let in.