"A study of 1452 undergrads at Northwestern and Michigan between 2023 and 2025 found that 88% pretended to hold more left wing views than they actually had in order to succeed socially or academically."
I think this is bad, but I didn't seen any reference to the opposite. How many people pretend to hold more right wing views than they actually do. Self-censorship is the nature of society, and it seems like a microscopically brief window of time where this wasn't true, if at all. I would probably argue that self-censorship on economic issues may matter more (How many people would admit they hold socialist / communist views? I would definitely feel worried about it).
So I'm not all that convinced by this argument. I observe in a lot of ways the classical liberal movement has a very narrow perspective on the acceptable range of beliefs; for sure "wokeness" has spread like wildfire, and I have my criticisms, but I don't think the people who care do so because they lament the loss of academic freedom, it's just annoyance at feeling like they lost control of the narrative. PG's recent screed on free speech was reviewed by a whose who of people who have a very narrow set of "acceptable" liberal beliefs.
https://x.com/paulg/status/1955504869709844794
So I'm not all that convinced by this argument. I observe in a lot of ways the classical liberal movement has a very narrow perspective on the acceptable range of beliefs; for sure "wokeness" has spread like wildfire, and I have my criticisms, but I don't think the people who care do so because they lament the loss of academic freedom, it's just annoyance at feeling like they lost control of the narrative. PG's recent screed on free speech was reviewed by a whose who of people who have a very narrow set of "acceptable" liberal beliefs.