Why Are So Many Nerds Libertarians?

BrendanMcGrail writes "Why do so many nerds seem to lean toward the Libertarian end of the spectrum? As a leftist, I know there are many people who share my ideological views, but have very little in common with me in terms of profession and non-work interests. Is the community's political bent directly tied to our higher than average economic success?"

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Re:Because we all know

[shaitand]

'On paper socialism isn't a bad system of government either, but in reality thy both have serious problems.'

No doubt. That said, in practice socialism is the most effective system in the modern world. Capitalism is a distant second. Economically capitalism has performed almost as well but it has certainly dropped to the bottom rung in terms of research and development, medicine and health care, academics and the school systems as a whole, the criminal justice systems in capitalist nations are also poor.