“they are already doing this to other sectors of the economy”
That’s the same argument I posed to myself when I was a kid. “You’re already out past curfew; might as well stay out all night. Can’t get more in trouble, can you?”
Yes. You can.
But sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. You have 80-90% of university faculty supporting the left, or at least voting democrat, and supporting an agenda that wants to take more money out of your pocket. Well, why not take money out of their pockets, using the same arguments (e.g. ‘health care is a right’ = ‘a university education is a right’). If you sit on the ropes and let the other side punch you, without fear of getting punched back, they will keep swinging until they connect and hurt you.