I suspect this is more of a signalling game. Elites became socially liberal to distinguish themselves from the unsophisticated middle class, in a time when wealth wasn&#x27;t a good signal. Now that everyone has a bachelors, the middle class is dying, and liberalism is trendy among those who would previously have been part of the not-college-educated middle class, I expect elites will become more conservative.<p>Though we really need to define our terms here, there are many   dogmas associated with liberalism that are just as antiscientific as conservative dogma, denying the predictive power psychometric tests, the very, very large role of genetics in life outcomes and education, the implications of this on class,  the obvious benefits of nuclear power and genetic engineering, the importance of modern agriculture over &quot;organic&quot; alternatives, the dressed up faith-healing that is alternative medicine.