Re:The amusing case of tech libertarians
by kijin on Sunday June 07, 2015 @11:54PM
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The author falls into the false dichotomy between libertarianism as the far right and socialism/communism as the far left. (There's a link above the title that leads to another article by the same author that equates the GPL with communism.)
There are indeed a lot of right-wing libertarians in today's tech scene, but I also see a lot of left-wing libertarians here. If you have warm fuzzy feelings about Universal Basic Income, for example, you might be a left-libertarian. Left-libertarians support a strong social safety net to establish a safe minimum, as well as a relative lack of regulations on what you can do once that minimum is reached.
There are indeed a lot of right-wing libertarians in today's tech scene, but I also see a lot of left-wing libertarians here. If you have warm fuzzy feelings about Universal Basic Income, for example, you might be a left-libertarian. Left-libertarians support a strong social safety net to establish a safe minimum, as well as a relative lack of regulations on what you can do once that minimum is reached.