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Seeing a sudden surge in interest in the "Tech Right" as they're being dubbed. Often the focus is on business motivations like tax breaks but I think there's more to it. The narrative that silicon Valley is a bunch of tech hippies was well sown early on, particularly by Stewart Brand and his ilk but throughout that period and prior, the intersection between tech and authoritative politics that favours systems over people is well established.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

John Ganz did a good coverage of the ideological side of tech, particularly using Herf's book Reactionary Modernism that looks at the role of engineers in building Nazi ideology.

You can read Reactionary Modernism for free on the Internet Archive

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh yeah my fundie parents are both rocket scientists. Those dead Palestinian kids are paying off my nursing degree and I think about it just about every time it comes up. One of many, many reasons I no longer speak to them.