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Comment by elgabogringo | Hacker News Reader

One of the dumbest statements from a very dumb, condescending post. SF is uber progressive. "Ayn Rand followers" are few and far between and, even then, very much in the closet.

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Admittedly the parent post didn't add much to the discussion, but:

    > One of the dumbest statements from a very dumb, condescending post.

I'm sorry, but I only got this impression once I got all the way down to your comment after reading the blog post.

    > SF is uber progressive.

Is it really? Well, since "progressive" has seen some really weird changes in meaning in the US over time to one I cannot really recognize any more maybe you are right - using the current strange definition. If there is any at all, and the "left/right identifying words" are just thrown around unthinkingly.

Check his post history, it's a long stream of rants against "the left" and the Clintons and so on.

Where in the US do you think there is a greater density of "Ayn Rand followers"?

Nevada? Quite libertarian-voting in recent elections.

At the very least, I would look at states that elect self professed followers to Congress.

I'm not sure about the density, but you'll definitively find some appreciators and libertarians in New Hampshire - considering the Free State Project.

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