Probably worth pointing out that another financial collapse will conclusively kill history as an academic discipline.

As in, mass layoffs of tenured faculty and shuttering of departments. https://t.co/HdduyT1z8f

— David Austin Walsh (@DavidAstinWalsh) October 1, 2022

There’s a reason history (and the humanities in general) is being annihilated — and it doesn’t have anything to do with the oft-repeated “wisdom” that STEM is the MOST IMPORTANTEST THING EVAR that you hear the STEM types shouting about left and right. That’s just their clueless arrogance.

If you have people trained in the humanities, they can think broadly about relevant issues and actually have some basis for understanding the evolution and possible direction of society. These people are better at resisting propaganda and other control mechanisms. No one in power wants that, so history and the humanities must go by any means necessary.