"Universities Declared War On 70% Of The Country" Says Tech Billionaire Andreesson

Tech billionaire Marc Andreessen, in leaked group chat messages, unleashed a scathing indictment of America’s top universities — accusing them of betraying the country’s middle class and rigging the system against conservative families.

The chronic distrust in American institutions has been validated over the past ten years with the revelations of government waste, fraud, and abuse in the hundreds of billions, woke ideology that is so toxic even leftwing activists are rejecting it, corporate amorality, censorship of free speech, endless wars, and now we may know why: American higher education weaponized learning with DEI and immigration to advance an anti-American agenda.

1. “They declared war on 70% of the country”

Andreessen claimed elite universities have weaponized their influence to exclude conservative Americans from higher education and the economy.

“They declared war on 70% of the country and now they’re going to pay the price.”

2. He says smart rural kids are being shut out

Andreessen argued that DEI mandates and surging foreign enrollment have crowded out American-born students — especially those from red states.

“You're fooling yourself” if you think your smart small-town kid can get into a top school today.

3. Stanford cost itself “$5 billion”

He said Stanford ousted his wife, philanthropist Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, and forecast massive donor backlash.

“That’s a decision that will cost them something like $5 billion.”

4. He wants institutions razed and rebuilt

Andreessen blasted the National Science Foundation, suggesting parts of the federal research system should be dismantled completely.

“Raze it to the ground and start over.”

The Big Picture

Andreessen is calling out what he sees as the elite ideological capture of American higher education — a long-game strategy by un-American technocrats using DEI and mass immigration to reshape who gets access to power in Washington, Silicon Valley, and corporate boardrooms. He argues universities no longer reward merit, but reinforce ideology — at the cost of national unity.

Polls show that 73% of Americans are 'dissatisfied' with higher education.

The Bright Spot & Reform Agenda

While Andreessen’s messages ignited outrage and debate, they also underscore a broader realignment in U.S. education—one backed by the Trump administration’s generational reform agenda. Key components include:

• Restoring merit-based admissions

• Defunding DEI bureaucracies

• Creating new university alternatives grounded in civic values, free inquiry, and American excellence

• A plan to raze the U.S. Department of Education, transferring core responsibilities to state and federal agencies

In a Truth Social post today, Trump celebrated the Supreme Court’s approval to proceed with dismantling the Education Department:

“The Federal Government has been running our Education System into the ground, but we are going to turn it all around by giving the Power back to the PEOPLE… America’s students will be the best, brightest, and most Highly Educated anywhere in the World.”

That post capped a day in which the Court greenlit the layoff of roughly 1,400 DOE employees—paving the way for restructuring under Secretary Linda McMahon.

In Andreessen’s view—and that of many education reformers—the battle for the soul of higher education isn’t just beginning. It’s now part of a coordinated, government-backed strategy to dismantle entrenched bureaucracies and reorient America’s institutions toward merit, civic mission, and local control.

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