I just had the first day of class and he kept going on about how he prefers to call capitalism "the free market" and kept calling covid the "Chinese communist virus". Which is weird to me because he is familiar with Marx and some of his lecture talked about modes of production, etc.

I'm debating whether I want to keep taking the class or not; on the one hand I think it's good to be exposed to different perspectives for the sake of critical thinking, but on the other hand I don't want to waste my time and money taking a class from a professor who is so blatantly biased and wastes so much time in class sharing his political opinions.

  • Shmyt [he/him,any]
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    4 years ago

    I've had profs like that and tbh its easy marks if your assignments are all just dunking on neolibs (even if you do it from the left). If it's a required course I'd say just get high or play games in class and focus on assignments rather than actually listening to the propaganda: I've found trying to take the courses at different times or from different profs can sometimes fuck up your schedule/entire degree progression. If it's an elective just don't bother with it; take something you'll enjoy or actually learn from.