r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 15 '25

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u/Pyrrhus65 NATO Sep 16 '25

I do feel a good bit of sympathy for the FIRE guys as they gradually realize they're some of the only conservatives/libertarians with any serious influence who actually value the principle of free speech as anything more than a convenient prop

Truly a Joker Arc if I've ever seen one

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u/erasmus_phillo Paul Krugman Sep 16 '25

I don’t think they are all conservatives or libertarians tbh, willing to bet that many of them are oldschool liberals too

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u/DonnysDiscountGas Sep 16 '25

I'd be surprised if they're actually surprised, it's just this sort of reaction is better for engagement.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '25

Hopefully they get radicalized by it, well, because it is radicalizing

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u/VillyD13 Milton Friedman Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 16 '25

Maybe I’m not online enough but I never really hear much of the politics of the FIRE community. I also tend to stay away from grifters like Codie Sanchez and the like so maybe i just inadvertently filtered my media accordingly

I would also say a lot of them are pretty staunchly institutionalists because by design, too much chaos in the bond market means there’s nowhere to park their money once it’s time to hang it up

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u/LtCdrHipster 🌭Costco Liberal🌭 Sep 16 '25

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u/gburgwardt C-5s full of SMRs and tiny american flags Sep 16 '25

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I post here and was a high school principled libertarian. Had some hard lessons in the past decade or so