So I was still on a mission to educate, to further the goal of democratizing knowledge, study, science for everyone. Meanwhile, the far right had identified universities as dangerous to their projects and profits. The myth of the professors as ideological brainwashers was being spread around. Funding for universities was increasingly shifting from public funds to private grants - and student tuition & debt. Tenure protections were weakened. Increased micromanagement, time spent on paperwork.