Here is a curious article in the LA Times entitled “Leftist thinking left off the syllabus.” It criticizes a university in Guatemala for its libertarian ideology, with examples:
“Every undergraduate, regardless of major, must study market economics and the philosophy of individual rights embraced by the U.S. founding fathers, including ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’”
“Some leftists deride [the founder] as a lackey of the ruling classes, dishing up neo-liberal dogma to rich kids in a nation where a few powerful families still call most of the shots. Conservative elites chafe at his op-ed harangues about their cozy oligopolies and government protections.”
The founder claimed that he started the university because he observed so much socialist propaganda in the other universities. Here is how the reporter, in a perfect case of moral equivalence, draws the contrast:
“Whereas San Carlos University actively aided leftist guerrillas, Francisco Marroquin preached the sanctity of private property rights and the rule of law.”





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