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Subject: Re: Re: Whither Are We Drifting? - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 13-Jun-84 16:13:00 EDT
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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.