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Since when is Lex Fridman considered a conservative right-wing? Did something actually change or is this a new label from lefters because he interviewed Trump?

bc569a80a344f9c 2y ago
Here’s an article where the author concludes that while he’s not an ideologue, he does have an unbalanced cadre of guests: https://web.archive.org/web/20230117220803/https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/01/the-guy-who-just-loves-everyone https://web.archive.org/web/20230117220803/https://www.curre...
- f1shy 2y ago
  Is it not that the tech sector is regarded as right skewed?
no_wizard 2y ago
His guest list does cater to right wing listeners, and he absolutely does not meaningfully pushback on his guests, more often than not allowing them to make claims and accepting those claims at face value without any proof or follow on questions of substance
- KeplerBoy 2y ago
  As an outsider (I'm a european engineer with barely any personal connections to the US tech scene) I have the feeling that a significant fraction of Friedman's audience are just more right-leaning at the moment. And Fridman caters to this audience. You know, the kind of people who follow Musk during his current Trump era.
  - f1shy 2y ago
    As an outsider to Europe, but living in the EU, and seeing USA and the EU neutrally, I would say the EU as a whole is intellectually skewed a little bit to the left.
blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
These labels and attacks that you see rampant in this HN discussion are a type of response that is common among dedicated leftists (even in past history like China’s cultural revolution). And HN has a lot of left leaning users since they are often in the Bay Area. What’s behind this response is tendency to not tolerate anyone dissenting from their ideological positions even a little bit, and so they respond with whatever attack they can make - including labels or accusations or fake outrage.

bc569a80a344f9c 2y ago

Here’s an article where the author concludes that while he’s not an ideologue, he does have an unbalanced cadre of guests: https://web.archive.org/web/20230117220803/https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/01/the-guy-who-just-loves-everyone https://web.archive.org/web/20230117220803/https://www.curre...

f1shy 2y ago
Is it not that the tech sector is regarded as right skewed?

no_wizard 2y ago

His guest list does cater to right wing listeners, and he absolutely does not meaningfully pushback on his guests, more often than not allowing them to make claims and accepting those claims at face value without any proof or follow on questions of substance

KeplerBoy 2y ago
As an outsider (I'm a european engineer with barely any personal connections to the US tech scene) I have the feeling that a significant fraction of Friedman's audience are just more right-leaning at the moment. And Fridman caters to this audience. You know, the kind of people who follow Musk during his current Trump era.
- f1shy 2y ago
  As an outsider to Europe, but living in the EU, and seeing USA and the EU neutrally, I would say the EU as a whole is intellectually skewed a little bit to the left.

blackeyeblitzar 2y ago

These labels and attacks that you see rampant in this HN discussion are a type of response that is common among dedicated leftists (even in past history like China’s cultural revolution). And HN has a lot of left leaning users since they are often in the Bay Area. What’s behind this response is tendency to not tolerate anyone dissenting from their ideological positions even a little bit, and so they respond with whatever attack they can make - including labels or accusations or fake outrage.