Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site ea.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ea!mwm From: mwm@ea.UUCP Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: Re: Re: Whither Are We Drifting? - (nf) Message-ID: <9800006@ea.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Jun-84 16:13:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ea.9800006 Posted: Wed Jun 13 16:13:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 16-Jun-84 03:00:56 EDT References: <1099@decwrl.UUCP> Lines: 21 Nf-ID: #R:decwrl:-109900:ea:9800006:000:744 Nf-From: ea!mwm Jun 13 15:13:00 1984 #R:decwrl:-109900:ea:9800006:000:744 ea!mwm Jun 13 15:13:00 1984 Since we're throwing out hypotheses with out any evidence, let me throw out mine: High-tech types tend to be libertarians because high-tech work tends to be work that require you to think logically. Yes, you can partly blame Heinlein, as he encourages people to think for themselves. Which brings to mind a marvelous quote from the latest Analog (from memory, so it won't be perfect): "Asimov, Clarke and Heinlein are a good counter to the peer pressure against learning that starts in the third grade." BTW, "goose-stepping libertarians" is a false picture. The country with the goose-stepping army was run by *socialists*, remember? The libertarian army had the ungentlemanly habit of hiding behind trees to shoot at redcoats.