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It's funny how most tech people in SV tend to perfectly embody classic right-wing values, yet are classified (and self-identify) as leftists. I think that says a lot about US politics.
Most SV folks like social hierarchy (well, they're on top), have intense respect for the law and for rules in general, like fiscal conservatism, like the idea of small government, dislike unions, value entrepreneurship, embody traditional family values in their own lives...
There's one thing missing from this picture though, the one thing that apparently defines being Republican in 2018
A lot of people are left wing on social issues and right wing on economic issues.
If that's true, why doesn't the Libertarian Party have more support?
Depends a lot on demographics.
Why not both?
It seems that Silicon Valley operates on two extremes: 1) fulfilling Ayn Rand's dream of a perfectly autonomous society operating on individual greed and self interest, and 2) enabling governments to exercise stark authoritarianism. It's really strange...
Extra credit: this Adam Curtis documentary draws the connection between Rand and SV, All Watched Over by Machines in Loving Grace, and is extremely insightful! https://vimeo.com/groups/96331/videos/80799353 …
US politics were never a dichotomy, only the available options were.
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