re: Why Scientists and extremely smart people are usually socialist/leftist

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It's because they're pretentious asses who think they know what is best for the people, even more so than the people themselves.

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There is also the fact that until relatively recently those who pursued careers in academia were poorly paid compared to those who went to work in private industry. They were upset that people they considered inferior to themselves were making more money, and they supported policies to reverse those circumstances. Some of it was plain old jealousy. Now that tenured faculty are making much better money I expect to see some changes to the politics of the academic community in the coming years.