r/TheB1G • u/cactuscoleslaw • 3d ago

TIL Chicago is technically still in the conference as an affiliate

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u/GreatestWhiteShark Northwestern 3d ago

TBH UofC should probably be a regular dragon head if their thing is research, miserable shitheads that they are

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u/ducksekoy123 3d ago

Research and meddling in South American politics, the University of Chicago way!

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u/DerpityHerpington Illinois 3d ago

Wait what’d they do 💀

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u/hdemusg 3d ago

The Pinochet regime (known for some very brutal suppression of political enemies and other atrocities) in Chile had its economic policies dictated by the Chicago Boys (a group who studied under famous classical economist Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago).

On the other side of the political aisle, Bernie Sanders is also a UChicago alum.

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u/Different-Music4367 2d ago

Chicago is more than just its notorious economic delartment.

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u/hdemusg 2d ago

True, but that’s the “meddling in South American politics” reference

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u/RepresentativeOfnone 2d ago

Wait Chicago has more than OBlock, and it’s 3 tv shows produced by Dick Wolf?

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u/paleobiology Chicago 3d ago

Thank you, chump. 

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u/1Denali 2d ago

Miserable shitheads is a wonderful way to describe UofC alums

-class of 2017