I had an agroecology professor who pushed individualised solutions hard. They'd highlight every way capitalism is existentially killing us and then say "you should recycle and volunteer at a food bank". Zero radical content to the entire course. At one point they casually mentioned that they do a lot of consulting work for cattle ranchers and corporate farmers who are the ones actively destroying this region. They said that in our building that's sponsored by a major agribusiness and posts its other industrial sponsors on the walls as you walk in.
The day after the revolution, all liberal academics will be forced to do a struggle session in their classroom. It will consist of writing "When education is not liberating, the dream of the oppressed is to become the oppressor" 500 times on the blackboard.
) so the professor might feel pressed to allow in-class discussion where they'd feel less compelled to humor pushback in an assignment they're grading in private
