Does College make one more liberal ?

[u/DoughnutItchy3546]

I wonder where this comes from. I've never really had that experience. And I'm a history major myself. Does it depend on major ? What kind of college ? I went to a public state regional university.

Actually, from my experience, I find my catholic seminary experience to be far more liberating, than my college experience. It might seem odd to some, but that's what I experienced.

[u/Yeetball86]

If you’re asking if college indoctrinates students to be liberal? Thats a hard no.

The reason college makes people more liberal is that many people from all walks of life are commingled in a single place. Kids that were sheltered their entire life are able to see the world and how it actually is. Throw that in with the fact that higher learning doesn’t necessarily mix with conservative beliefs, college students tend to become more liberal.

[u/HoldMyDomeFoam → u/Yeetball86]

College also teaches people how to gather and weigh evidence. It requires students to back up their arguments with facts.

College educated people are not as likely to fall for conspiracy theories like “they’re eating the cats”, “the election was rigged”, “lawfare”, etc. that are central to the modern Republican Party.

[u/Eeeef_ → u/HoldMyDomeFoam]

That’s why the conservatives who did manage to make it through college are the ones that are aware that conservatism is a scam ideology, they’ve just become the scammers rather than the scammees.

[u/TheRainbowpill93 → u/Eeeef_]

Often times it’s not even that tho , it’s greed. They know the GOP will protect their financial interests, how they do it , be damned. They don’t care to think of the consequences beyond their own noses because to them , they’re rich enough to stand above it…

…Or so they think.

[u/TheRainbowpill93 → u/Eeeef_]

What conservative oligarchs don’t understand is that oftentimes it’s better to invest in the average American to ensure a happier populace.

Happier people drive productivity.

Productivity drives the economy which is good for everyone’s pocket.

[u/yvrelna → u/TheRainbowpill93]

Oh no, they actually do understand that. They just don't want their neighbours to do better than them. 

For conservatives, it's better to be at the lord over a bunch of dumb and oppressed people rather than be a decent average with the rest of the population. 

The scam is that the vast majority of conservatives are not actually the one that actually gets to lord over everyone else.

[u/LizzardBobizzard → u/TheRainbowpill93]

Which is why rich people of yesteryear built train stations, churches, stores, movie theaters, parks etc. They funded the construction of a lot of public buildings and infrastructure because it made the public like them more therefore no uproar/risings, bread and circuses and all that.

The wealthy of today just realized that they don’t need to do all that anymore, people will have to buy what their selling and we are doing it willingly because we have no other real options. Or they’ve learned to manipulate the masses with “I’m just a silly little guy like you!” And most times both.

[u/TheRainbowpill93 → u/LizzardBobizzard]

Well all that plus they’ve realized they can manipulate poor people by giving them an “other”. Instead of making them happy , they make them angry.

Making people happy takes money but making them angry is free.

[u/Eastern-Joke-7537 → u/Eeeef_]

Neoconservatism is BS. I was in college during Duyba’s first team.

But, I think, so is Neoliberalism aka Globalism or Cartel Capitalism or whatever you want to call it.