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I had the same reaction. 90s libertarianism is largely dead and it seems like most of the tech people I know have gone either authoritarian left or authoritaria
by api 7y ago
I had the same reaction. 90s libertarianism is largely dead and it seems like most of the tech people I know have gone either authoritarian left or authoritarian right ("alt-right," NRx, etc.).
- 1996 7y agoIt is sad that libertarians have become a tiny minority, even in computer culture. I don't care too much about people having different opinions from mine. Good for them to be far left or alt right if it makes them happy. I just wish we libertarians were not an endangered species in North America (and extinct in the rest of the world)
- ianai 7y agoMove to Nevada. All I ever really heard espoused there were libertarian ideals - with few exceptions, even in the city.
- chungy 7y agoNevada's been overrun with authoritarians too (especially ones that want to escape what authoritarianism has done to California).
- kortilla 7y agoNope. Harry Reid is evidence that the majority is pretty much bog standard NIMBY establishment Democrats. He destroyed nuclear energy by reneging on Yucca mountain.
- sagichmal 7y agoIt's not sad, at all. Libertarianism is a naive, self-refuting ideology, anachronistic and immoral. The less of it the better.
- drak0n1c 7y agoWIRED used to be a very libertarian magazine for most of its existence. It only changed less than 10 years ago.