Buckley Institute Poll Finds College Students Support Socialism
The Buckley Institute reports that 20% of college students believe the U.S. deserved the 9/11 attacks and many prefer socialism over capitalism.
A poll conducted by the Buckley Institute reveals that 20% of college students believe the United States deserved the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The data shows a significant shift in economic preferences, with 42% of students stating they would prefer to live under socialism and 47% agreeing that the economic models of the Soviet Union and Cuba are superior to that of the U.S.
On foreign policy, 38% of students favored Palestine as an ally, while 25% favored Israel. Legal scholar Jonathan Turley attributed these findings to an ideological echo chamber in higher education, claiming that conservative and libertarian professors have been eliminated from faculty.
Turley argued that the current state of academia is one of indoctrination rather than education. He called on legislatures to withhold funding from public universities until those institutions can demonstrate a more intellectually diverse faculty.
