that's largely due to the nationally mandated curriculum that gets pushed on the colleges, along with their ultra liberal/sjw teachers, which are in large part just marxist indoctrination centers born straight out of frankfurt.
the sad part is they don't even see how they've already been living in a super capitalist (aka crony capitalist) mixed with an offshoot communist world.
many people have the constant urge or desire to fit in with large groups or at least the mainly vocal/supported group in the mainstream trends.
a giant machine with many cogs.