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Other than Peter Thiel there's not a lot of Libertarians on this list: https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?cycle=2022&ind=f2500 https://www.opens

by _ktx2 4y ago

Other than Peter Thiel there's not a lot of Libertarians on this list: https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?cycle=2022&ind=f2500 https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.php?cycle=202... This conjecture about Libertarians in tech is dated. Might've been true in the 90s, but the industry has been captured since then.

yunwal 4y ago
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- ummonk 4y ago
  Nobody asked for bailouts to crypto banks / exchanges though.
  - yunwal 4y ago
    How is this relevant? The comment I was responding to stated that there’s no underlying libertarian streak in Silicon Valley. That’s clearly false.
- kodah 4y ago
  To conflate political alignment with investor opportunism is astonishing.
  - yunwal 4y ago
    Oh ok so they’re only libertarian when it benefits them financially. I actually don’t think anyone disagrees with that.
    - _ktx2 4y ago
      You should probably look at the link my guy. 13/20 of those definitely aren't Libertarians.
      - yunwal 4y ago
        I don’t care about what political party they belong to. Do they regularly argue to slash regulations on the basis of government=bad? Do they routinely try to convince people that technology companies should be in charge of social organization rather than the government? This is the type of shit that gets talked about at VC conferences all the time: https://youtu.be/K8JIzP8HmjQ https://youtu.be/K8JIzP8HmjQ
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        _ktx2 4y ago
        Great, so sounds like we've found the actual culprit then. Technology companies and investors, despite their political affiliations, actually like a hands off environment. Do you understand how that's a little different from your Libertarian strawman?
        yunwal 4y ago
        Libertarian is not just a political party. It’s a set of ideas and beliefs. VCs and founders in SV routinely espouse these beliefs and try to pull both major parties in their direction. There are plenty of communists out there voting for democrats but that doesn’t make them not communists.
        _ktx2 4y ago
        > Libertarian is not just a political party. Libertarian - a political party libertarian - an ideology I'm pretty unwilling to say that both a journalist and yunwal don't understand capitalization.
        yunwal 4y ago
        Sometimes you capitalize words because they’re the first word in a sentence. What point are you making here? The OP was > While libertarian tendencies may be more prevalent in the VC community, they seem to still be a small minority No caps. Please take your bad faith arguments elsewhere
  - malermeister 4y ago
    Libertarianism is opportunism as a political alignment.
    - _ktx2 4y ago
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      - malermeister 4y ago
        Is there anything factually wrong with that statement or is this just a cheap attempt at an ad hominem?
        _ktx2 4y ago
        I put as much effort in as you did. Calling Libertarianism equal to opportunism is about as bad faith of a take as calling mainline Democrats socialists. Reading that you're the type to say, "Russia didn't really practice communism" just made the cake that much sweeter.

by _ktx2 4y ago

yunwal 4y ago

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ummonk 4y ago
Nobody asked for bailouts to crypto banks / exchanges though.
- yunwal 4y ago
  How is this relevant? The comment I was responding to stated that there’s no underlying libertarian streak in Silicon Valley. That’s clearly false.
kodah 4y ago
To conflate political alignment with investor opportunism is astonishing.
- yunwal 4y ago
  Oh ok so they’re only libertarian when it benefits them financially. I actually don’t think anyone disagrees with that.
  - _ktx2 4y ago
    You should probably look at the link my guy. 13/20 of those definitely aren't Libertarians.
    - yunwal 4y ago
      I don’t care about what political party they belong to. Do they regularly argue to slash regulations on the basis of government=bad? Do they routinely try to convince people that technology companies should be in charge of social organization rather than the government? This is the type of shit that gets talked about at VC conferences all the time: https://youtu.be/K8JIzP8HmjQ https://youtu.be/K8JIzP8HmjQ
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      - _ktx2 4y ago
        Great, so sounds like we've found the actual culprit then. Technology companies and investors, despite their political affiliations, actually like a hands off environment. Do you understand how that's a little different from your Libertarian strawman?
        yunwal 4y ago
        Libertarian is not just a political party. It’s a set of ideas and beliefs. VCs and founders in SV routinely espouse these beliefs and try to pull both major parties in their direction. There are plenty of communists out there voting for democrats but that doesn’t make them not communists.
        _ktx2 4y ago
        > Libertarian is not just a political party. Libertarian - a political party libertarian - an ideology I'm pretty unwilling to say that both a journalist and yunwal don't understand capitalization.
        yunwal 4y ago
        Sometimes you capitalize words because they’re the first word in a sentence. What point are you making here? The OP was > While libertarian tendencies may be more prevalent in the VC community, they seem to still be a small minority No caps. Please take your bad faith arguments elsewhere
- malermeister 4y ago
  Libertarianism is opportunism as a political alignment.
  - _ktx2 4y ago
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    - malermeister 4y ago
      Is there anything factually wrong with that statement or is this just a cheap attempt at an ad hominem?
      - _ktx2 4y ago
        I put as much effort in as you did. Calling Libertarianism equal to opportunism is about as bad faith of a take as calling mainline Democrats socialists. Reading that you're the type to say, "Russia didn't really practice communism" just made the cake that much sweeter.