>
It amazes me at how far to the political left is Silicon Valley.Speaking as a foreign onlooker (I'm in Australia), I see more libertarians than any other stripe, tbqh.
> Yet Silicon Valley regularly supports candidates and policies that would place large burdens on the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The Bay Area is home to San Francisco, a traditional hotbed of leftist activism. It's also home to UCB, a traditional hotbed of leftist activism. Some of the outlying suburbs are ... yes, traditional hotbeds of leftist activism.
Mix in:
1. The relatively lower presence of traditional / conservative / "silent majority" voters who are motivated voters
2. That leftists are motivated voters
3. That libertarians are often not motivated voters
4. That voting in the USA is voluntary and not compulsory
and the electoral calculus suggests that libertarians will be out-numbered by leftists at the ballot box.
Speaking as a foreign onlooker (I'm in Australia), I see more libertarians than any other stripe, tbqh.
> Yet Silicon Valley regularly supports candidates and policies that would place large burdens on the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The Bay Area is home to San Francisco, a traditional hotbed of leftist activism. It's also home to UCB, a traditional hotbed of leftist activism. Some of the outlying suburbs are ... yes, traditional hotbeds of leftist activism.
Mix in:
1. The relatively lower presence of traditional / conservative / "silent majority" voters who are motivated voters
2. That leftists are motivated voters
3. That libertarians are often not motivated voters
4. That voting in the USA is voluntary and not compulsory
and the electoral calculus suggests that libertarians will be out-numbered by leftists at the ballot box.