[TriLUG] Libertarian over-representation (was:: [offtopic] Considering a move to RDU area)

Phillip Rhodes mindcrime at cpphacker.co.uk
Wed Apr 30 20:36:05 EDT 2008


James Tuttle wrote:
> Really, though, I've been wondering for some time why libertarian 
> thought seems to be over-represented in TriLug compared to the general 
> population.  Anyone have any ideas about that?

Is it over-represented? Of all the members of TriLUG that I know, I know
of maybe 3 besides myself who strongly and openly self-identify as 
(l|L)ibertarians.  I'm sure there are at least a few others who lean
that way, but don't get involved in political dicussions, but I haven't
noticed TriLUG displaying any disproportionate bias towards libertarian
thought.  <shrug />

That said, tech-heads in general seem to lean libertarian more than
the general population.  So much so that somebody coined the term
"techno-libertarian" to describe that niche.  Heck, when I was at
Red Hat, I think the breakdown of political beliefs (at least in my 
group) was actually such that Liberals/Progressives and Libertarians
were the two "major parties" and the Neocon/Theocon camp (the folks
who call themselves Conservativves these days) were actually the minority.

Unfortunately Wikipedia doesn't have an article about the "techno 
libertarian" nice as a separate entity, but what they call 
techno-utopianism overlaps and touches on the techie / libertarian
relationship a bit.  Might make for some interesting reading.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno-utopianism>


As before, I ask if we can please take this to the trilug-ot list, for
anybody who feels the urge to continue this discussion.


TTYL,


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Phillip Rhodes
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