What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[DGuller]

Pieces of paper like the constitution provide some source of inertia against rapid shifts away from democracy.  They require the scheme to subvert democracy to be more elaborate and less efficient.  However, at the end of the day, if people don't believe in the values enshrined in that paper, or don't consider them important enough relative to the price of eggs, then it's just a piece of paper.

[crazy canuck]

Yes, exactly.  As said here many times, Liberal Democratic institutions require commitment to their maintenance.

[grumbler]

College isn't for learning. It's for sports.

In A&M's case, it's also for weird, creepy paramilitary shit.

Yeah, though they have toned that down a bit.

[Oexmelin]

The other lesson is the need to organize collective action across universities. A key component of Trump's assault had been to divide and conquer, pick off one-by-one. 

Academics in the US aren't that different from the rest of the American population. Not a lot of appetite for organization, demonstration, collective action.