Many academics are Marxists. They will rattle on about capitalism forever.
Many academics have no clue about the real world. They live in a bubble and believe that they are the smartest people in the world. All their comforts of life just appear magically.
ACADEMIC (ak-uh-DEM-ik): An individual educated beyond his intelligence who is unwilling or unable to create or provide anything of value to others, who while hiding out in a think-tank, college or university pontificates and expects to be paid for it, usually from public funds.