Many academics I see online are leftist whereas many laypeople I see online are right wing.

  • switcheroo@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    You’d have to be fucking stupid to be right wing and generally academically inclined individuals are not stupid, so…

    There’s probably a small bunch that claim to be right wing because they have a lot of money and greed eclipses intelligence.

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      4 days ago

      I personally think if you are rich and politically active, you are just going for power. You certainly don’t care if your position is true or false as long as it preserves your wealth and power or increase your wealth and power.