People are becoming less thoughtful. With the advent of social media, almost anything one might think about has an appropriate right think construct and the incentives for conformity are more powerful.
Humanities have been devalued and coopted by advocacy and the university has made its mission to please the customer, which is an increasingly emotional fragile late teenager who has been taught to demand a safe space.
I could go on, we all could go on, and it’s not funny at all.