A century later, American academia has gone in the opposite political direction—leftward instead of rightward—but has ended up in much the same place. The question is whether we—unlike the Germans—can do something about it.

This is a point my high school economics teacher made, that many never grasp. The whole left vs right is a false dichotomy: if you go far enough left, you end up on the right, and vice versa. In both cases you end up with tyranny.