Things are going well.
I mean DeSantis is a shithead, but Florida is also expensive, hot, has poor infrastructure, and is sinking.
This article is putting a political spin on something that might not be that political.
Academics do not get paid much, so the increase in Florida’s cost of living (combined with it being a shit place to live) probably contributes to them leaving.
It’d be more compelling if they showed the stats of academics leaving Florida compared to non academics in the same economic bracket.
All those things you just mentioned are heavily influenced by who is in political power.
Sure, but those issues are more than just academics “not feeling wanted”
Ok, but did you read the article? It’s about a specific issues at Florida Universities where top leadership is being replaced by politically influenced Republican appointees who are punishing academic for doing their jobs as well as the impacts of anti academic legislation that’s making it harder for professors to do their jobs properly. You’re just complaining that they aren’t also covering random other social issues as well? It’s a news article about a specific subject, that doesn’t mean other subjects don’t exist outside of the scope of the article, otherwise you’d need every article to be an encyclopedia. It’s just how writing and articles work. I don’t understand your complaint.
Fascism drives away intellectuals and is always hostile towards reason.
Intellectuals who stick around for fascism tend to get disappeared. It’s very wise to get out early.
At this point I’m just watching the clock wondering when Florida will be literally uninhabitable. I mean it’s already figuratively uninhabitable, but I mean going from “No sane person wants to live here” to “It’s literally impossible for anyone to live here”
Atlantic Ocean: I gotchu bro
sis
Idiocracy was a documentary it seems.
