Conservatives go for the rough and tumble of the free market where you are judged on your results.
It used to be that the free market jobs paid more because it was more competitive.
However, the free market has been damaged by government regulations.
And the government jobs have been taken over by the unions
We now have the least capable people earning the most money and directing the operation of the free market
Liberals gravitate toward academia for the safety and lack of accountability.
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The old “liberals” have gone away - as outlined below in the second video and the radical leftists have become the professors.