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sho ◴[] No.16407784[source]
What is crazy about the the situation in SF is that even 5 or so years ago if you asked me what the "echo chamber" there was echoing I would have said libertarianism and some kind of techno-utopianism. The takeover by the proscriptive far-left has been astonishingly rapid, and it is absolutely real. I also know people who have left, and many more who absolutely keep their political and even philosophical views to themselves, especially after Damore.

It's been an extraordinarily fast takeover and I'd really like to know exactly what happened those 5 or so years ago to precipitate this seismic shift.

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scarmig ◴[] No.16407852[source]
I remember always getting annoyed at colleagues and Hacker News generally for being technolibertarian fanboys. And now I'm constantly annoyed at the sanctimony and self-indulgence of the "Left," even though I hate granting them that label.

Maybe I'm just getting old.

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1. sho ◴[] No.16408248[source]
> Maybe I'm just getting old.

Well unfortunately nothing can stop that, but things have definitely changed. I remember thinking that too.

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2. fastball ◴[] No.16408455[source]

  Nothing can stop [aging]
You just wait, SV will figure it out eventually.
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3. sho ◴[] No.16408589[source]
Well bloody hell I hope so! Finally something useful!
4. colejohnson66 ◴[] No.16409752[source]
I wonder if there will be an ICO