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>Rational arguments like yours are not what I'm talking about. When I say fascist/totalitarian/neo-Nazi ideology, I mean exactly that and nothing short of that.
by steveeq1 8y ago
>Rational arguments like yours are not what I'm talking about. When I say fascist/totalitarian/neo-Nazi ideology, I mean exactly that and nothing short of that.
But I've been in tech all my life and I haven't experienced any neo-nazi ideology within it. Neither have any of my friends. Sure you're not exaggerating?
- api 8y agoNope. I do have to add though that all human experiences suffer from the curse of small sample size. I guess a more rational takeaway from my comments would be that the liberal bias in tech is not as universal as some people would think, and that the extreme hard right does have a presence in tech.
- steveeq1 8y agoThat's why it's hard for me to take your claim seriously, your sample size is too small. And while mysogyny, sexism, racism, and even hardcore violence "exists" in tech, it is FAR more prevalent in hip hop circles ( http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/ http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/ ). So you're going to be just as hard about this with rappers, right?
- api 8y agoI was responding to the claim that tech exclusively leans progressive and offering my own observations and experiences to the contrary. As for rappers-- you're right, but rap doesn't have a progressive public image at least insofar as womens' issues are concerned. As far as I can remember the rap scene has always been criticized as full of misogyny.
- steveeq1 8y agoWell, that's an strawman argument then. Nothing EXCLUSIVELY leans in any ONE direction, you can always find examples to the contrary if you look hard enough. But the claim that tech circles, particularly in silicon valley, leans progressive on social issues in any "by-and-large" way is a true statement.