Turns out he wants a nice house in the 'burbs (or, better yet, a golf community). This according to a post by Professor Thomas Reeves. The gentleman is, I assume, something of a libertarian,
since he's posting on the Mercator website.
Polls and studies have shown consistently that professors, especially in the humanities and social sciences, side with the Left in political and cultural matters. So do public schoolteachers, whose unions are major contributors to the Democratic Party. This bias contrasts sharply, of course, with the dispassionate search for truth that scholars and teachers claim to revere. There are many reasons, no doubt, for the bent shown by professors in the humanities and social sciences, but the most obvious, it seems to me, is envy. A history professor for 40 years, I have felt this prominent member of the Seven Deadly Sins myself, many times.
At least that's Professor Reeve's suggestion on why academics are such lefties. They're really just frustrated consumers who want to be... Rotarians. Heh.
I found this line interesting: "One way to compensate for this bleak and futureless existence is to become involved in left-wing causes. They give us a sense of identity in a world seemingly owned and operated by Rotarians."
As a Rotarian, I find myself shaking my head ruefully.
Read the complete post at http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/04/whats_a_leftwin.html
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Apr 17 2010, 07:10 AM
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