But the NYT article really put an emphasis on that Silicon Valley is far from "classic" US conservatism when it talks about Red vs Blue vs Gray tribes. There is

But the NYT article really put an emphasis on that Silicon Valley is far from "classic" US conservatism when it talks about Red vs Blue vs Gray tribes. There is no need to argue that most of tech elite are hardly Trump voters, especially in terms of identity politics. But in terms of economy I think the SV discourse is maybe already much closer to what Scott Alexander had outlined in his Left Libertarianism article. [0] I feel that this ideology which combines unregulated capitalism with social safety net is very far from socialism, progressivism, social democracy etc. What I do not understand - why is it such a shame in not being a leftist for educated middle-class coastal Americans? [0} https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/12/08/a-something-sort-of-like-left-libertarianism-ist-manifesto/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/12/08/a-something-sort-of-li...