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>The other thing that’s new is that they’re thought leaders who are progressives and liberals; just like most of us in the tech profession I think mo
by hoorayimhelping 9y ago
>The other thing that’s new is that they’re thought leaders who are progressives and liberals; just like most of us in the tech profession
I think most people in tech are probably more moderate-to-liberal and it's that progressives are the loudest voices politically right now, so it seems like tech is more left leaning than it is. Also, tech exists in places other than the coasts.
- RickJWagner 9y agoI tend to be conservative, and I work in tech. It feels to me like a repressive atmosphere. Conservatives are muzzled or eliminated. It's not a healthy environment for anyone.
- hoorayimhelping 9y agoAnecdotally I've never seen any evidence of people being 'eliminated' for their political beliefs, but the feeling of being muzzled seems to be common among the quieter conservatives I know in tech.
- BatFastard 9y agoCalling yourself a conservative is meaningless. The US has shifted away from being a republic to being more of an oligarchy over the last 30 years. So if you are a supporter of oligarchs stand up and be counted. If you are a fiscal conservative you should be pissed that the republicans put the country farther in debt than the democrats do. If you are a social conservative, what the fuck is wrong with you? If you want to live like the Amish, go for it. But you dont see the Amish trying to impose their way of life on others do you? So yes, people who's ideas feel repressive or too far out there either learn to monitor their own extreme ideas or they are shunned. That's how a civil society works.
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- TheAdamAndChe 9y agoWhile you may have valid points, your tone is aggressive, emotional, and unproductive. > people who's ideas feel repressive or too far out there either learn to monitor their own extreme ideas or they are shunned. That's how a civil society works. This can be taken too far, however. Complete suppression of nonpopular views can maintain an unproductive status quo, and may lead to authoritarianism.
- BatFastard 9y agoBut indeed is that not what you just did with me? Tried to moderate it so that it feels less aggressive and more comfortable.
- TheAdamAndChe 9y agoI didn't suppress your main idea, I just critiqued the way in which you conveyed it. Highly emotional posts on this site aren't good because of the voting system; comments become voted on not because of their merit or contribution to the conversation, but because the reader agrees or disagrees with them, which is fine for sites like Reddit, but we try to maintain a more thoughtful culture on this site. If we want to advance the conversation, the best way to do that is to focus on the logic that determined your opinion instead of the emotion.
- forgottenpass 9y agoThe progressive attitude of tech is an expression of cognitive dissonance. Sure, it'd be great if (eg:) Google hit their diversity goals, but that's not my point. Other than avoiding bad press and making money, what can convince huge bureaucracies to care so much about progressive bugbears? I propose that it's a way to ignore how disgusting the software they've built is. Rather than address the monster in their basement of their own creation, they looked to the next-closest moral fight they could find and went full tilt on saving the world from that. The location of their headquarters per-determined the particular fights they would choose. Frantic activity as a defense against change.