Andreessen Horowitz to give half their earnings to charity

Re:Andreessen Horowitz to give half their earnings to charity by WalterBright on Thursday April 26, 2012 @01:22AM (#3892554)

Libertarianism is about people being free to choose what to do with their money. If they choose to give to charity, light cigars with banknotes, spend it on blackjack & hookers, invest in space flight, etc., it's all their right to make that choice.

It isn't about the relative virtue of doing this or that.

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Re:Andreessen Horowitz to give half their earnings to charity by olalonde on Thursday April 26, 2012 @07:01AM (#3893256)

Ayn Rand was a harsh critic of libertarianism. That's a bit funny considering how close her philosophy is to libertarianism.

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Re:Andreessen Horowitz to give half their earnings to charity by xanados on Thursday April 26, 2012 @11:32AM (#3894377)

I unfortunately can't find a reference (but I'm hoping someone else can!), but my understanding is that group conflict is often greater between those who have similar ideologies than between those of very different ideologies. For example, Emacs vs. Vi rather than Emacs/Vi vs. Visual Studio or Lisp vs. Scheme rather than Lisp/Scheme vs. everything else.

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