Conservatives, facing an overwhelmingly liberal academic environment, often respond by pointing to their better standing in the business and political spheres, otherwise known as the real world. However, as yesterday’s academic protesters become today’s academic establishment, Marxism and other radical ideas are making a comeback, expanding beyond the ivory towers, and infecting the nation’s political debate. The liberal embrace of false consciousness, social constructionism, and the blank slate on academic campuses is showing up in liberal policies ranging from education policy to prison reform.
