The American Spectator
"Students, some of whom pay up to $40,000 per year, are subsidizing their own ideological programming. Without capitalism, they wouldn’t be at Penn State to begin with. Yet they are taught to see it as the disease, and communist-friendly collectivism as the cure. Forget higher learning. This is higher programming."
"In the 20th century, communism arrived via drab uniforms, five-year plans, and gulags. Today, it arrives via soft slogans and social media campaigns. Its weapons are no longer rifles and red flags but influencer campaigns, fellowship programs, and university-backed curricula. The battlefield is the minds of the young. One of its most powerful players is the Club of Rome, with Penn State University (PSU) acting as a campus incubator.
"Founded in 1968 by Italian industrialist Aurelio Peccei and Scottish scientist Alexander King, the Club of Rome is a powerful and well-connected group that has shaped global policy for decades. It was designed to coordinate elite responses to what it framed as global crises. These crises, it’s worth noting, were — and still are — often ecological in nature and always carry real economic consequences. The group gained global recognition with its infamous 1972 report, “The Limits to Growth,” which predicted societal collapse due to overpopulation and resource exhaustion.
"As exposed in The Club of Rome: The Think Tank of the New World Order by John Coleman, the group is far more than a gathering of anxiety-ridden intellectuals. It functions as an elite-guided engine for global transformation, merging technocratic planning with post-Marxist doctrine. Coleman warned that the Club’s real aim was the demolition of national sovereignty, curtailing economic freedom, and reconditioning youth into compliant agents of systemic change. What was once dismissed as conspiratorial is now presented in clear language on the group’s official websites and in its “educational” materials.
"Take the Club’s “Young Person’s Guidebook to Systems Change,” which is essentially a manifesto crafted to reshape how young people view capitalism, society, and themselves. The guide portrays capitalism not merely as flawed but as evil, a parasitic force sustained by contemptible concepts like independence, individualism, and meritocracy. (RELATED: The Fall of Harvard: How America’s Oldest University Became Its Most Expensive Liability)
"The authors argue that capitalism has “mastered the art of adaptation,” labeling it a chameleon that can absorb any challenge and commodify every aspect of society. Young readers are told that their “survival of the fittest” mindset is not only outdated but harmful, and that individual pursuit must be replaced by communal “we-ness,” a collectivist creed designed to override selfhood." . . .More here
