Anybody with more than two functioning IQ points knew that was a lie. But that didn't stop the loony left (communists) from believing it anyway.
Given the utter B/S that was being taught, I veered over toward the math-oriented courses which were devoid of B/S because, well, math is racist and unwilling to put up with it.
Long story, short, professors are ripe targets for peddlers of Marxism because they just love theories that look great on paper. And now academia is completely overrun with Marxists.
Not that surprising when we think about it.
And today, academia is pumping out steady streams of grads just like themselves. Lovers or theory. Marxists to the core.