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Re:Tech Workers Backing Candidates Looking to Break Up Their... by rmrfrmrf on Sunday November 03, 2019 @12:11PM (#21435106)
A lot of social democrats start out as libertarians and then move left once they see the bigger picture of power dynamics beyond the individual.
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Re:Tech Workers Backing Candidates Looking to Break Up Their... by methodover on Sunday November 03, 2019 @12:49PM (#21435371)
This was my experience as well. Started off as a libertarian. But then I started working, first in the lobbying industry, then in Silicon Valley.

Meritocracy is not as good an idea as it seems to be in practice.

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Re:Tech Workers Backing Candidates Looking to Break Up Their... by perl4ever on Sunday November 03, 2019 @08:49PM (#21438303)
"Meritocracy is not as good an idea as it seems to be in practice"

Why not just consider that it is a label which may not apply to the reality you observe? Have we gotten to the point where considering that any X is not Y is considered a "no true Scotsman" fallacy?

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Re:Tech Workers Backing Candidates Looking to Break Up Their... by mcv on Monday November 04, 2019 @08:56AM (#21441607)
The only problem with meritocracy is that it's unattainable in a society with inherited power differences. Other than that it would be a great idea. Just one that hasn't truly been tried outside limited organisations yet.
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