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I'm with you brother. It's a hard fact to accept that the majority of the tech-world is leftist.

And for those who think I'm wrong: Imagine company X sent 4 white blond-haired blue-eyed women on the stage with a "message" of this kind. Double-standards anybody?

Also, somebody has to explain to me how exactly the products of a company magically become better when more minorities worked on it. When I engage in work with people, I don't care what their skin color is or if they are male or female. People embracing this culture of unfairness (because it's unfair to favor minorities over better-qualified non-minority applicants) should rethink what they are doing and who they are cheering at.

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I strongly disagree with your contention that the majority of the tech-world is left-leaning in their politics. I have met many libertarians and conservative tech-workers in my almost eighteen years working in development.

I bet it's part of where we had our experiences. In Germany, it's almost exclusively leftist. It doesn't get in my way, because I care about the technology and don't think politics have a place there, but many people do strongly put both in one bin (if you allow me, I noticed that these are mostly people who do not really shine with their code contributions and want to "contribute" in other ways instead of improving their skills).

Yep, we exist. And I don't get downvoted much even when arguing (politely?) with people on the left.

Maybe the majority of tech people who live in hipster towns?

Also, try working in the rassafrassin' South.

Moving from Madison, Wisconsin, to here was a bit of a shock. There are nerds around here whose geeky obsession is church. When I vote, many of the offices are simply uncontested, with just the (R) candidate appearing on the ballot. And even the Democratic candidates--when they even appear--may be more conservative than Republicans from more liberal regions.

Of course, as a libertarian myself, I don't feel much more disenfranchised now than I felt when I was surrounded by hippy-dippy liberals.

It's a hard fact to accept that the majority of the tech-world is leftist

Paul Graham argues this is necessary for the success of the tech world:

https://twitter.com/paulg/status/656280768373727232

http://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html

"That's the connection between technology and liberalism. Without exception the high-tech cities in the US are also the most liberal. But it's not because liberals are smarter that this is so. It's because liberal cities tolerate odd ideas, and smart people by definition have odd ideas."

It's the american notion that in politics there can only be liberals and conservatives.

In my opinion, it's a more liberal notion to actually choose people based on their skills and knowledge rather than skin color or in the interest of "diversity", even if it only yields in a 100% white or 100% negroe or 100% asian team.

I could even understand the notion of those who propose "diversity" if they wouldn't shut up when a team is devoid of white people. I won't recite the extremist clause that "Anti-Racism" means "Anti-white", however, judging from what I've heard in my years of experience as a software developer and entrepreneur, we're getting closer and closer to that if we keep on shutting those people up who question this.

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