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▲ t0mpr1c3 an hour ago

IIRC Carnegie was the original archetype of the rapacious union-busting wage-suppressing monopolistic billionaire robber baron, and Mellon was all that plus a corrupt self-dealing all-but-impeached laissez-faire Treasury-secretary-cum-megabanker whose deflationary and protectionist response to the Wall Street Crash caused unemployment and destitution on a historic scale.

But yeah this Griffin guy could give the place a bad name. (Full disclosure, I did a postdoc at the SCS.)

▲MengerSponge an hour ago | parent | next [-]

At least those guys had the horse sense to understand the importance of giving something back to the public. The Carnegie libraries are a marvel.

Their contemporary equivalents seem to be interested in speedrunning a revolution that ends badly for everyone.

▲mmooss an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Andrew Carnegie no longer has power or influence, so it doesn't matter. Griffin has both, and the school enhances it and becomes a vehicle for it. Will the Miami campus be free to violate Griffin's beliefs? Are 'woke' educational programs allowed?