>>18840>I understand my political opinions may be silly, idealistic, incompatible, or unrealistic. You're certainly idealist. Acting flippant in the face of what you advocate for (in addition to lacking consideration of what that may entail at its most essential) has always been my biggest gripe about you. You don't see a need to refine your political opinions because (I suspect) you already benefit from them, albeit not to the extent you want. In practice, you're just a STEMlord with social darwinist inclinations; like a nerdy LessWrong user from a decade ago, or put more simply: a child trying to pass themselves off as an adult. What semblance of ideological coherence you have is actually quite compatible and realistic, just not with notions of 'democracy'—even trite ones such as yours. Anyone with half a brain can tell your 'post-political' pretensions indicate that you're the type of person who'd welcome fascism with open arms—not necessarily in the 'ethnonationalist' sense, but rather in a much more 'technocratic' one. Think of a 'friendly' or 'polite' kind of fascism; something corporatist, hence my Peter Thiel comment. He's a silicon valley venture capitalist who loathes startup culture; is deeply conservative, but has an eye for industrial policy. Anyway, I'll take a look at your work; I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on marxist criticisms of the free software movement (Gavin Mueller, Johan Söderberg, etc) but perhaps in another thread. Also, since you recently read "Brave New World", I suggest reading Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We" too; it's much better imo.