content: Pretty much, my brother is in academia. Apart for being a very big liberal, you can tell that they espouse their talking points, because at the end of the day they are shielded from the things they believe in. This guy went so far as to say that academia is shielded from all the perils of corporate. So naturally, Academics can espouse extremely destructive ideas and get away with it, since its not their jobs on the line. As long as the funding keeps coming, they couldnt give two shits how bad their ideas are. And somehow, we allow these people, ones who have no idea how the real world works, to vote...