I would disagree. If one is highly educated in a specific period of history, or literature, or some other field with poor job prospects despite being highly educated, there&#x27;s still high competition. Also, given that so many people with phD&#x27;s want to become professors, the competition for those positions is extremely fierce with the &quot;publish or perish&quot; mindset that academia has been in.<p>I don&#x27;t think its just a lack of competition that causes people to become more liberal. Academia is highly competitive.