This is just a brief, quick note. One of the laziest generalizations out there is that Silicon Valley is liberal.
If you review their actions closely, they are most definitely not liberal. What they are, are Progressive Libertarians.
They embrace what could be considered a dualistic belief -- that is in constant tension -- that the government ought to be hands-off and that the government should support progressive policies. On climate change, for instance, Silicon Valley would like to see the government push society towards lower GHG emissions, an inherent conflict of beliefs.
If they were liberals, they would have long ago demanded regulations of all things and an economic policy that was much more cautionary than expansionary.
That is all.
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