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[โ€“] daddy32@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Corruption - at the highest level.

[โ€“] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Well I don't know about "highest" level.

It's in some ways worse than that. it's institutional corruption and collusion across all levels of power within institutions. Not having access to pear review, journals, the gravitas, the funding sources:it creates a monopoly of power for all players in the system where they aren't benefited by opening up access