Last weekend, hundreds of libertarians and conservatives descended upon Las Vegas to discuss and celebrate freedom. One topic that drew a great deal of interest was the question of whether innovators and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley are really as libertarian as everyone thinks. Back in 2001, tech author Pauline Borsook penned Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech. As the name implies, Borsook didn’t like what she saw as the selfish “libertarian” culture in the Valley. But while some of her discoveries may have been accurate, the premise that the problem comes from libertarian ideas misses the mark.
According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism Is a political philosophy that holds that individuals should be allowed complete freedom of action "as long as they do not infringe on the freedom of others". This is usually taken by libertarians to mean that no one may initiate coercion, which they define as the use of physical force, the threat of such, or the use of fraud to prevent individuals from having wilful use of their person or property. For libertarians, a "voluntary" action is one not influenced by coercion.
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Is Silicon Valley Libertarian?
Posted by: Sonia Arrison May 20, 2005 05:00 AMLast weekend, hundreds of libertarians and conservatives descended upon Las Vegas to discuss and celebrate freedom. One topic that drew a great deal of interest was the question of whether innovators and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley are really as libertarian as everyone thinks. Back in 2001, tech author Pauline Borsook penned Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech. As the name implies, Borsook didn’t like what she saw as the selfish “libertarian” culture in the Valley. But while some of her discoveries may have been accurate, the premise that the problem comes from libertarian ideas misses the mark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism
Is a political philosophy that holds that individuals should be allowed complete freedom of action "as long as they do not infringe on the freedom of others". This is usually taken by libertarians to mean that no one may initiate coercion, which they define as the use of physical force, the threat of such, or the use of fraud to prevent individuals from having wilful use of their person or property. For libertarians, a "voluntary" action is one not influenced by coercion.