I had a political science professor whose 1980 seminar on “Comparative Political Systems” (really titled “Marxism Here and Now”) espoused this very philosophy. It was obvious he had never spent a day in his life outside of academia. I, on the other hand, worked my way through college doing commercial construction. Unlike Prof. Hansen, I’d actually worked with the “workers” at Rome Builders; the very people who were to control the “means of production.” I knew what they were capable of and not capable of. They were most definitely not capable of determining what building to build or any other higher business planning.
I regret to this day that I did not suggest to Prof. Hansen that students should control means of production of grades, have the class vote ourselves “A+” and head off for beer. That might have actually taught the guy a valuable lesson in reality.
Prof. Hansen wound up at one point as Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. I never gave another dime to IU after that.
Send him a copy of Atlas Shrugged. It would be useful to him now...