He studies fascism. I suppose he could have stayed to observe and study the subject matter more closely. But he isn't studying democracy. He sees the writing on the wall.
He cites Columbia's capitulation to Trump and sees the dominoes. I wonder what the UC will do. His family fled Berlin in the 30s.
“Part of it is you’re leaving because ultimately, it is like leaving Germany in 1932, 33, 34. There’s resonance: my grandmother left Berlin with my father in 1939. So it’s a family tradition.”
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada