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Techies are socially progressive as a whole. Yes there are some outliers, and tech leaders probably aren't as far left socially as the ground level workers.

spencerflem 3y ago
I wish :/, I really do I find them in general to not be Republican and all the baggage that entails but the typical techie I meet is less concerned with social issues than the typical city Democrat. If I can speculate wildly, I think it is because tech has this veneer of being an alternative solution to the worlds problems, so a lot of techies believe that advancing of tech is both the most important goal and also politically neutral. And also, now that tech is a uniquely profitable career, the types of people that would be in business majors are now CS majors. Ie. those that are mainly interested in getting as much money as possible for themselves.
- TulliusCicero 3y ago
  > typical city Democrat I mean, if you compare them to people who live in bigger cities and only the people who belong to the left-er party, then yeah maybe. It's like saying a group isn't socially conservative because they're not as socially conservative as rural Republicans.
  - spencerflem 3y ago
    I think we're just talking about two different things. The implication I got was that techies are more left than normal, and it's the opposite. If I meet someone in my city and they're in tech they tend to be less progressive than the people I meet who are not. The people in this thread are fairly representative of what I see in real life and its not particularly inspiring.
KittenInABox 3y ago
I disagree techies are socially progressive as a whole; there is very minimal, almost no push for labor rights or labor protection even though our group is disproportionately hit with abusing employees under the visa program.
- TulliusCicero 3y ago
  Labor protections are generally seen as a fiscal issue, rather than a social one. E.g. libertarians would usually be fine with gay rights but against greater labor regulation.

spencerflem 3y ago

I wish :/, I really do I find them in general to not be Republican and all the baggage that entails but the typical techie I meet is less concerned with social issues than the typical city Democrat. If I can speculate wildly, I think it is because tech has this veneer of being an alternative solution to the worlds problems, so a lot of techies believe that advancing of tech is both the most important goal and also politically neutral. And also, now that tech is a uniquely profitable career, the types of people that would be in business majors are now CS majors. Ie. those that are mainly interested in getting as much money as possible for themselves.

TulliusCicero 3y ago
> typical city Democrat I mean, if you compare them to people who live in bigger cities and only the people who belong to the left-er party, then yeah maybe. It's like saying a group isn't socially conservative because they're not as socially conservative as rural Republicans.
- spencerflem 3y ago
  I think we're just talking about two different things. The implication I got was that techies are more left than normal, and it's the opposite. If I meet someone in my city and they're in tech they tend to be less progressive than the people I meet who are not. The people in this thread are fairly representative of what I see in real life and its not particularly inspiring.

KittenInABox 3y ago

I disagree techies are socially progressive as a whole; there is very minimal, almost no push for labor rights or labor protection even though our group is disproportionately hit with abusing employees under the visa program.

TulliusCicero 3y ago
Labor protections are generally seen as a fiscal issue, rather than a social one. E.g. libertarians would usually be fine with gay rights but against greater labor regulation.