You and the author are not in disagreement in the critique of the ideology. > However, by championing this seemingly admirable ideal, these techno-boosters are

You and the author are not in disagreement in the critique of the ideology. > However, by championing this seemingly admirable ideal, these techno-boosters are at the same time reproducing some of the most atavistic features of American society, especially those derived from the bitter legacy of slavery. Their utopian vision of California depends upon a wilful blindness towards the other — much less positive — features of life on the West Coast: racism, poverty and environmental degradation.[5] Ironically, in the not too distant past, the intellectuals and artists of the Bay Area were passionately concerned about these issues.