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jakelazaroff 10 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The story of DOGE, as told by federal workers

> What puzzles me about the SV venture capital crowd, though, is that they're usually a somewhat socially liberal crowd.

SV workers, sure. But "socially liberal" is absolutely not my impression of SV venture capitalists.

epistasis 10 months ago [–]

There are quite a few socially liberal VCs, perhaps even most. But there are also more libertarians, which is quite common among those who make fortunes managing money rather than building things.

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