A Great Conversation about Tech Bro Libertarianism
The commenter below is commenting on my recent post on Tech Bro capitalism. I love this commenter and he’s easily the most knowledgeable, but I did disagree with him on a thing or two.
I think it's a little more complicated than that (referring to my explanation for Tech Bro capitalism in the linked piece).
For a start, Tech Bro libertarianism began as anarchic civil libertarianism which quickly morphed into economic libertarianism when they became successful.
The government originally envisaged the Internet as a mall with a small library for academics. They wanted the big corporations and banks to have their own virtual outlets within this tightly regulated and controlled online landscape.
The Tech Bros were always going to rebel against this vision for the future, and it was always going to foreshadow their attitudes towards government.
The other problem was innovation and the way it lends itself to monopoly seeking in certain sectors. Virtually every major Tech Bro has…
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