The Prevalence of Marxism in Academia

Econlog ^ | March 31, 2015 | Bryan Caplan

[reaganaut1]

As the Iron Curtain crumbled, people often joked, "Marxism is dead everywhere - except American universities." The stereotype of the Marxist professor runs deep. But is this stereotype grounded in statistical fact? Here are the results from a 2006 nationally representative survey of American professors. The survey asked if the professor considered himself "radical," "political activist," or "Marxist." [...]

Overall, Marxism is a tiny minority faith. Just 3% of professors accept the label. The share rises to 5% in the humanities. The shocker, though, is that as recently as 2006, about 18% of social scientists self-identified as Marxists. [...]

If 18% of biologists believed in creationism, that would be a big deal. Why? Because creationism is nonsense. Similarly, if 18% of social scientists believe in Marxism, that too is a big deal. Why? Because Marxism is nonsense. Furthermore, if 18% of a discipline fully embrace a body of nonsense, there is also probably a large bloc of nonsense sympathizers - people who won't swallow the nonsense whole, but nevertheless see great value in it. Suppose, plausibly, that there is one fellow traveler for every true believer. That would bring the share of abject intellectual corruption to fully 35% - and 51% in sociology.

[Personal Responsibility]

Those are just the ones who self-identify with the label. There are many, many more who practice the belief while denying the label fits.

[PGalt]

17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers’ associations. Put the party line in textbooks.

http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm

[Boogieman]

Exactly. You can’t ask a Marxist if he is a Marxist and expect an honest answer. They know very well that the label is toxic and has become a pejorative, and they have no moral compunction against lying.

From my experience, every single one of my social science professors was Marxist, and probably at least half of my history and literature professors.

[sphinx]

bttt

[tet68]

Marxism has permeated our society.
We use Marxist lexicon without thinking.
The “fall of communism” is one of the biggest
hoaxes ever played on a gullible public.

[nathanbedford]

Ping

[CharlesOConnell]

Edward R. Morrow brought Herbert Marcuse to this country to corrupt 3 generations of college classrooms.

[MHGinTN]

In order for the Brzezinski dream of Technocratic rule to be realized, a synthesis of Capitalism and Marxism must occur, from which will (in Hegelian dialectic dreams) arise a shunning of politicians and rule by engineers and bankers and intellectuals not fettered with the superstitions of religions. The infrastructure for Technocratic rule is now in place. What will Brzezinsky's stooge, o bam ah, use to usher in the final transitions. It will have to be a doozy of a false flag don'tchaknow. It must be something greater than 911 from which we were graced with the infrastructure for totalitarian rule.

[PGalt]

Well-said, Marvin. Thanks.

11. As soon as sufficient progress in the intended change shall have been made, and the public mind duly prepared according to the rules already laid down, it will be proper to venture on another and a bolder step toward a removal of the constitutional landmarks.

Rules for Radicals? No, “Rules for Changing a Limited Republican Government into an Unlimited Hereditary One”

http://www.constitution.org/cmt/freneau/republic2monarchy.htm

[lurk]

My daughter, a nursing student, is telling me of the collectivism lessons in her philosophy class. She was required to go to a guest lecture on climate change and the collectivist solution. Which is killing billions of people, of course, but they have to nuance that part.

[MHGinTN]

Christiana Figueres stated on February 3, 2015:

“This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution…That will not happen overnight and it will not happen at a single conference on climate change. It is a process, because of the depth of the transformation.”

Figueres is the Executive Secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change

[MHGinTN]

“Pres­i­dent Reagan ulti­mately came to under­stand Trilateral’s value and invited the entire mem­ber­ship to a recep­tion at the White House in April 1984″
  David Rock­e­feller, Mem­oirs, 2002

[wac3rd]

Tenured professors with high salaries who scream about injustice while in their bully pulpit of giving A’s for the Commie answer and C’s for the correct Conservative answer.

[PGalt]

Thanks for those quotes. BTTT!