> Technological shifts have tended to be framed in political terms, as was the case with open-source software, which initially had an anti-capitalist impetus.

> Technological shifts have tended to be framed in political terms, as was the case with open-source software, which initially had an anti-capitalist impetus. This is not true at all. The idea behind free software was always that if you bought it or it was given to you, you should own it entirely. This is very free market. It was anti predatory in nature, and overall political motivations to support it ranged, but the bent was very libertarian. It was opposition to abuse of customers or users and opposition to monopoly and cartel formation, and where it was focused on community building it has always been based on the principle of free association, a foundational libertarian value. Beyond that gripe, I think the reason for the push against politics at work is because people are tired of being immersed in politics 24/7 whether they like it or not, being and just inundated with every conceivable political anything all the time. Party politics, ideological politics, a constant demand to pick a (very particular) side or face professional repercussions, it is exhausting. More specifically, there's a certain political ideology that has a mantra "everything is political" and I think people are sick of appeasing them and playing their game because they vehemently scream at the top of their lungs every chance they get that they're the super good guys and call everyone that disagrees with them evil.