Off With the Keffiyeh: Employers 'Resist' Hiring Activists

They got into elite colleges by proclaiming their devotion to social justice and political activism. They tented on the quad, occupied a building, harangued non-believers, chanted slogans at the college president. Now it's time to take off the face mask and the checkered scarf and find a job that will support an urban lifestyle. (DoorDash isn't free!)

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But there's a problem. Many Ivy League graduates who've been "resisting" what they call "late-stage capitalism" for most of their young lives want to work for finance, consulting and law firms. However, corporate employers don't want to hire activists who will disrupt the office if they don't get their way, writes Pamela Paul in the New York Times.

You might say employers are resisting late-stage Marxism.

Ed Morrissey

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The NYT op-ed is pretty remarkable for its common-sense look at the job prospects of the Hamas brigades. No one wants to add troublemakers to their ranks except activist organizations, and even then it's no sure bet. Watching Google kick out and fire its Occupation activist employees likely strengthened a few spines in the corporate world, too. 

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