Leftist agenda

Leftist agenda was the default position of philosophers in the USA. On the other extreme you had Heidegger and that kind of approach did not seem right to Middle Americans who fought the Nazis. Philosophers were simply  not very smart as the affair with the NY Physics professor that got a essay of complete nonsense  but with the right jargon published in the most prestigious  philosophy journal. It took a long time for people with real talent to start noticing the problems with academic philosophy. The job of philosophers is to learn an obtuse jargon which inspires awe. People think, "Gee golly, you must really smart to understand that stuff!"