> Thiel is dead wrong. Academics tend to be middle middle class Hmm, how is he wrong? Sounds like you agree with him... Universities didn't start like a place

> Thiel is dead wrong. Academics tend to be middle middle class Hmm, how is he wrong? Sounds like you agree with him... Universities didn't start like a place for the middle class. They were elite institutions. I guess depending how far back you look there was not much of a middle class to speak of.. The idea was then to make it universal so lower classes could participate as well. So now academics don't always live wealthy lifestyles and there is a chance they came from and stayed as middle class. The "intelectuals" so to speak is in a way a separate class. Depending in the time and the context it may be desirable to become a member of this class. Just like at a time it was desirable to become a priest, a member of Communist party, or other parties or groups.