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Originally Posted by Hottentot
OK, this got me curious. Let's suppose for a while that the academic world has over population of people leaning left (which I don't agree with based on my own studies, but can't say how it is on the other side of the ocean.)
Why is it then that the professors, people with high education, long career and obvious accomplishments since they have been appointed professors from all the doctors out there on their fields, tend to be leaning left?
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Easy, most professors are "theory people", they have little to no real world experience with the things they advocate or teach, especially those teaching things such as political science, economics etc. Many Profs tend to get caught in their own little bubble and not understand how things work.I mean it is a nice gig once you have tenure, and even a professor at a community college makes decent money with some perks, so imagine at a major university. People like Barack Obama are a perfect example, Obama has never worked in the real economy, he went from law school to some firm for a little while, taught constitutional law(which is scary, someone like him could teach that course) as far as I can tell his only job after was that of a "community organizer" which is pretty much a joke.Then he entered politics but really did not do much while there, both in IL and the US Senate before managing to finagle his way to the white house.
Since academia is dominated by liberals who spew their nonsense on impressionable students, it kind of becomes a self perpetuating cycle, indoctrinate as many as possible, they become liberally inclined but that is why most people become more conservative, especially economically, as they age because they come to understand that left wing economic theory is just crap and does not work in the real world.I laugh at many of my friends from undergrad who were far left but have moved away since we are what two years out of undergrad and they are working(if can actually find a job in this economy) and are finding out how things work, about taxes etc.Favorite case of this is a friend is a bit older than me, he went to Dental School and is now an Orthodontist, he was quickly turned his crazy left wing economic views around seeing his tax rate, it is quite amusing.I would most likely be one of the theory people currently but growing up, I watched my father build a small three man operation into a successful business, put things in perspective for me from a fairly young age.
So in summation, there is the theory world and the real world.Theory world is great, nothing better than an education as it helps you advance yourself in many ways as a human being BUT one must understand the real world.