What I have observed is that academia has an enormous bubble. It's hard for the physics teachers to talk to the chemistry teachers, let alone the Economics proffs talking to the Physics proffs. They don't know what the other is doing for the most part. They live in their offices, go to school bought houses, and have insurance and everything else taken care of. In their minds, this is socialism. They don't see the garbageman, the janitor, and other personnel who don't have this at the school.

At no point do they think the stores they go to, the restaurants they attend, or any form of entertainment they enjoy doesn't have some form of their idea of socialism.