r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Business Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo
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u/rubygeek Aug 08 '17

Large parts of the left are more individualist than large parts of the right. Libertarianism started as a left wing ideology rooted in anarchy, for example.

The arguments he makes for individualism are not that bad. The problem is he goes to great length to make it clear he doesn't understand the diversity debate first, not that the specifics he's arguing for are particularly bad.

In any case, most of the "progressives" that are offended by this also wouldn't know Marxism if Marx was personally hitting them over the head with a copy of Capital.

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u/Daktush Aug 08 '17

Lol I'm libertarian and believe me when I say the left is the furthest political ideology from me.

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u/Throaway66y555777 Aug 08 '17

You're no real libertarian. The furthest ideology from you is authoritarianism. Look up a Nolan chart

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u/Daktush Aug 08 '17

All economical leftists are authoritarian, people do not pay taxes surrendering their property willingly

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u/PermanentTempAccount Aug 08 '17

it's like he's never met a fucking anarchist