I think one reason for this is that the Soviet Union started infiltrating Western institutions about a century ago.
This extremely long-ranged strategy is still churning out results, even after they went belly-up. It's the kind of phenomenon that sustains itself - what conservative would ever consider becoming an academic in this environment?
And from there it spreads downward. It's also very helpful that the social "sciences" don't have a direct feedback loop to reality, so it's possible for large numbers of them to have completely kooky ideas for decades on end.
Russian thinker Galkovsky believes that it was the UK which has used Socialism# against all its affluent competitors.
The reason for this being, UK has quite stable political system for centuries, so even if it gets part of its own venom, that would not be nearly as destructive.
The USSR did surely assist in that, but it was too ham-fisted to serioulsy influence developed countries.
# If that sounds hard to believe, remember who paid Marx to publish Capital, hosted International Worker's Association and who published Communist Manifesto (and in what language).
I think one reason for this is that the Soviet Union started infiltrating Western institutions about a century ago.
This extremely long-ranged strategy is still churning out results, even after they went belly-up. It's the kind of phenomenon that sustains itself - what conservative would ever consider becoming an academic in this environment?
And from there it spreads downward. It's also very helpful that the social "sciences" don't have a direct feedback loop to reality, so it's possible for large numbers of them to have completely kooky ideas for decades on end.
https://repository.usfca.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=100...
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/jul/01/schools.uk