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[–] 0110001111 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

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...

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[–] repoman 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

This raises an important point: Academia can operate with even MORE impunity and accountability than government itself since tenured professors can't be fired nor voted out of office.

In that sense, what we see being espoused in academia today is what we can expect to see from our government in the future should we permit it to further undermine the electoral process.