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Political Leaning and Free Software
00_NOP writes "HateMyTory is the world's first political rating site and occasionally gets blasted or promoted by British bloggers on either side of the political spectrum. But here's something even more intriguing: when the right come visiting they hate the site but they are disproportionately likely to be users of free software, whether that is just Firefox on top of their Windows box, or all the way with some Linux distro. But when the left rally to the cause they are more likely than not to be proprietary software users, albeit with a big bias towards Apple. If Microsoft's defenders think free software is the road to socialism, why don't the left seem to agree? As a leftie, and a free software advocate, I find this pretty puzzling."
Liberals are generally your artsy types. Engineers and Mathemeticians are most likely not liberal (its alot of hardwork to be an engineer/math person). As we all know people with real technical ability use Linux/BSD while the very opinionated people who really dont know much, like Mac.
/troll
20th century Marxism is not progress...
I'm a nihilist, and I use Linux. And Windows. Plus a gaming device from each major company.
The right are more individualistic, generally brighter and capable of making decisions for themselves. The left are more sheep like, followers of fashion, happier to do what they're told and conform to the norm in order to fit in.
Makes perfect sense to me.
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Brain-washing.
"All" the college-educate conservatives (like me, of course) are the doers, who have productive non-academy jobs, whereas the left-wing activists, who Can't, teach University, valiantly attempting[*] (and mostly succeeding) to brain-washing young skulls full of mush.
[*] The only way for me to get a decent grade in Uni PolySci was to write a report parroting the Professor's beliefs.
"I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1
Apparently, sir, you have no fundamental understanding of capitalism whatsoever. While I disagree with many tenants of the "right" and lean far more libertarian (Think more "classic liberal"), it is not the same thing. They understand respect, privacy, work ethic and rights of the individual as opposed to the collective, like the idiot leftists think.
Leftist policies will only lead to socialism, which does not work.
If you want the standard of living in a country to rise, you allow economic freedom to the max. That is how America got where we are today, not the great good Government stepping in, ever.
the Political Inquirer
Warning: flamebait ahead
*Practical* education correlates rightward in politics.
Interestingly enough, gather up a bunch of completely uneducated folk. Think your average redneck country bumpkin. Now, if that population isn't Republican-voting on a 5-to-1 ratio, I'd be shocked. Seems like it must be a lot easier to convince the uneducated to vote based on fear (the playbook of the GOP).
You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.
Libertardians are too damn stupid to even come up with a decent political idea.
Libertarians tend to be liberals who want to smoke weed without government intrusion and don't want to pay taxes.
LK
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