No, he gets paid by the tax-payers who make Capitalism work. He flaps his yack while on the government largesse. That makes him "a hack".
Those 'lite' degree programs are all about generating revenue for the schools. They take in the less than stellar students, get tuition for 4,5,or 6 years and give them a diploma.
When I was in a Master's in Classics (Greek and Latin) program, the university started a BA in Classical Studies. You could do a four year program without ever learning Greek or Latin. We called it Classics Lite.
I knew that my degrees were largely irrelevant. That was what I liked about them. After coming back from the war, it was a great escape of intellectual fantasy. I was not ready to face the world when I first got back. This gave me some re-adjustment time. Some of us went to the Pine Barrens to escape, I went back 2500 years.
When I actually had to make a living, I went back to my technical trade that the Army had taught me. Still doing it too, after 36 years.
You're right; my point was that he is very much a part of what he rails against and hates about the country he was born in, works in, and gives him his freedom and living.