It&#x27;s hard to draw the line of causation though. Maybe the same kind of people have always gone into academia but the Overton Window has shifted.<p>I generally agree with older conservative agendas (smaller government, efficiency, equality of opportunity) but would never ever call myself a conservative today. Doing so risks lumping yourself in with an ideology which denies reality.<p>That being said, I&#x27;d also hesitate to label myself a liberal due to some of the less rational aspects of liberalism today (knee-jerk anti-capitalism, safe spaces, GMOs).