It seems that to a certain extent transgenderism may end up destroying silicone valley as a world technology centre, they have no awareness that the rest of the world does not see the world as they do.

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[–][deleted] 25 insightful - 2 fun25 insightful - 1 fun26 insightful - 2 fun -  (18 children)

Silicon Valley culture is unique, even in the US -- its values most closely align with the far-left academic elite (and now MSM). It's non-representative of most citizen's views and values here, definitely non-representative of POC (whom it claims to champion), the working class, political moderates, etc . . . There are "woke" geographical enclaves, especially on the west coast, but SV and Big Tech are very curated, artificial, and -- well, weird. They cast an outsized shadow. The danger is that they also have an outsized influence.

[–]endthewoo 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

They cast an outsized shadow. The danger is that they also have an outsized influence.

This for sure, but why would you describe them as "far-left" ? They are obviously power-hungry authoritarians, sociopathic, narcissitic, but whether they profess to be republican or democrat, they are capitalists (ie nowhere near the left) and many would be closer to right-wing libertarian anyway.

[–]jet199 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Capitalists can be left wing if they believe capitalism helps the majority of people.

Marxism isn't the only branch of left wing thinking you know.

The whole enlightenment and creation of the capitalist class was based on individual liberty. Of course it didn't work that way and by Marx's time people were starving in the streets but the intention of economic liberalism was left wing. They were they original lefties who thought removing all social structures would bring about paradise on earth.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

"Far left" as in the ultra-progressive academic/social sciences zeitgeist, and what some are calling identitarianism -- the culture of "true believers" in Silicon Valley. The capitalist corporate tech behemoths hosting (employing) the true believers are another story, in it for their own purposes. For the moment, though, they're fronting the progressive narrative.

[–]JoeDzhugashvili 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Far left isn’t when you’re a hardcore woke hippie twitter weirdo

Far left is when you’re an actual, literal communist

None of these people are communists

They’re just liberals

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If you haven't seen a champagne communist TRA gender studies postgrad blogger yet, there's still time.

[–]JoeDzhugashvili 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Eh, those people aren’t working class and aren’t interested in organizing workers, in fact they usually hate the working class. They’re just edgy liberals to me.

[–]endthewoo 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Then you're into "everyone I don't like is a leftist" territory. It doesn't make sense. Words need to have meaning - a resonable and consistent definition, and the likes of Peter Theil, Musk, Zuckerberg and the rest are no way "far-left"

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not me -- the academic and journalistic climate providing the mental-emotional juice for all of this. "The Evergreening" doesn't make sense. It's not internally or externally consistent. That's the point.

[–]NannyOggsRevenge 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree. There’s a level of disconnect that’s alarming. It’s got a certain cult like religiosity. It’s all about virtue signaling obtaining cooperate power and watching their stock soar while “crying” about the poor and adding more wood the the fire burning our planet down. Champagne liberals to the end.

[–]kwallio 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Silicon valley is anything but "left". They are libertarians, but pay lip service to various things in order to not inflame their user base. I know quite a few poc and women who work or worked in various tech companies and the tech bro culture is pretty rife.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's really disturbing. So there's a three-way tangle of fictions going -- tech bros, academic progressives, capitalist behemoths.

[–]lavender_menace 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

What does MSM mean, I know only a network, but I guess it’s an abbreviation.

[–]Yayme 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Main Stream Media.

[–]lavender_menace 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Thank you.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Love your user name. Second waver here from the time Betty Friedan called lesbians the lavender menace.

[–]lavender_menace 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I am not nearly old enough, but have mad respect for them ✊

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sorry, "mainstream media" -- the Big Five here are The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, NPR

[–]Hard_headed_woman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think it's important to remember that approximately 70% of tech workers in Silicon Valley are foreign born. They have no clout and no voice. If they don't toe the line, their jobs and even their lives in the U.S. are in more jeopardy than Americans who speak out.