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mistermann 9 hours ago [-] >> The tech companies are _significantly_ right wing on any spectrum including countries outside the USA. >This seems like the absol
by vyodaiken 8y ago
mistermann 9 hours ago [-]
>> The tech companies are _significantly_ right wing on any spectrum including countries outside the USA.
>This seems like the absolute opposite of literally every single article I've ever read, I have not once heard a single person make this claim before. Am I misunderstanding something, are we not talking about the same thing?
Maybe broader reading? Tech company management is predominantly "libertarian" and right wing. You often hear Sili Valley leaders extolling Ayn Rand, never hear them extolling e.g. the economic ideas of MLK or even JFK.
- mistermann 8y ago"Right wing" applies to many dimensions, not just economics. Companies making economic decisions to maximize returns to shareholders and themselves is pragmatism, not the exercising of fundamental "right wing" beliefs. If you exclude the economic dimension and consider the aggregate silicon valley stance with respect to the broad realm of politics, would you still maintain there is a right-leaning philosophy?
- vyodaiken 8y agoThere is no connection between Ayn Rand and pragmatism.
- mistermann 8y agoa) Is that an opinion or a fact? b) Are you taking the opinion/assertion "You often hear Sili Valley leaders extolling Ayn Rand" as a fact, and believing the obligation is on me to disprove it? I'd be happy to hear any disagreements about things I personally said though.