Senator Chris Murphy: In Crisis of the Common Good, I lay out six cults that have infected our culture -

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the cults of profit, globalization, technology, consumerism, credentialism, and corruption. Sets of false beliefs that benefit a handful of elites.

Link to tweet

No better time to talk about all of this.

[ms liberty]

1. K&R

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. "Credentialism"?

The rest are pretty obvious, but what is the cult of credentialism?

Is that using one’s education and training to speak from expertise?

Is it using those credentials to talk down to the less educated?

I want real doctors and scientists advising me on medical issues, the environment, etc.

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6. A legitimate concern.

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Observations of credentialism must take into account the actual relationship between education and job performance, examining whether the credentials in question are genuinely necessary for effective job execution. Overall, credentialism remains a contentious issue, reflecting broader societal debates about education, opportunity, and economic structures.

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/credentialism

[senseandsensibility]

7. To me, the larger issue is the death of expertise

something that trump has capitalized on.

[Mysterian]

3. The cult of capitalism

to put it in a nutshell.

[yardwork]

4. Eh. This is not helpful.

Too many Democratic politicians talk like they're participating in a graduate level course in sociology.

Bring it to the ordinary people in words they use everyday. Stop perpetuating the idea that Democrats talk over people and think we're superior.

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5. You might be right. I read a thread here re: President Biden's performance at the debate

back in 2024. One of the reasons given for that performance is an extraordinary stretch, yet some believe it is plausible.

We have a vulnerable audience out there, no doubt about it.

[Coventina]

8. I heard him plugging his book on NPR and I was not impressed

He was saying "both sides are guilty"
and also tearing down higher education.

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9. I did not get that impression from him.

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Describes the creation of an institutional spending screen to differentiate between schools that are investing in student success and schools that are siphoning tuition dollars away from student instruction;

Differentiates consequences between schools that are and are not investing in student instruction and creates a grant program to help struggling schools that are investing in student instruction;

https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-lays-out-his-vision-for-accountability-in-higher-education-to-better-protect-students-and-taxpayers-

[yellow dahlia]

10. When Chris Murphy talks, I listen.