While you (and others) may believe conservatives are fundamentally 'bad' people and Silicon Valley (and the world) would simply be a better place without them, this is short-sighted (amongst other things). Conservatives and liberals obviously see the world differently. One ways that manifests itself is that conservatives are typically more detail oriented and liberals are typically more creative. As Dr. Jordan B Peterson phrases it: "Each of those different temperamental types needs the other type so economically speaking, for example, we need liberals to start businesses, and we need conservatives to run them." https://vid.me/3Dik

Seems like Silicon Valley would very much suffer in the long term from a lack of multiple viewpoints. Is this not what the call for diversity aims to achieve?

We should be careful not to dehumanize our political opponents. That way lies violence.

Yes, I see it that way.

The world was run long enough by conservative people.

> Dr. Jordan B Peterson

Is a christian-conservative who pushes that agenda.

"With all the accusations of sex assault [...] we're soon going to remember why sex was traditionally enshrined in marriage"

"It's possible that sex is so dangerous that it has to be encapsulated within a socially-sanctioned construct"

He spreads the notion of cultural marxism, an idea which is anti-semitic in it's origin.

He wanted to start a site with a list of courses and professors and disciplines that should be avoided, for pushing "radical leftist agendas".

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/11/10/u-of-t-profs-pro...

He's a psychology professor, but frequently espouses junk philosophy. Just look at responses on /r/philosophy.

I would imagine the amount of Conservatives that are not willing to discuss their views publicly is pretty large.

While not a Conservative, I was unable to discuss what many would view as centrists ideals, without being berated about how I was this or that. Political extremism is a thing on both sides.

I'm a leftist(demsoc), but frankly if they're willing to work without hostility toward their coworkers I am not particularly concerned with their positions on taxes or whatever. In fact I view the idea that someone can be fired because of their political position as a threat to labor rights. Excluding of course any positions relating to protected classes such as gender, age, national origin, disability. If you think your coworker shouldn't have the right to be there and are creating a hostile environment, you're the one that has to go not them. Otherwise yeah I have no problem and have happily worked with those who I believe are fundamentally eroding our democracy :V.

Replace "conservatives" with "women" or "black people" in your comment and think a bit.

Conservatism is a choice. Gender and race are not.

Both sides of that are actually debatable - there are arguments to be made for biological determinism, and thus that your political views are NOT a choice, and some of the people arguing in favor of 100+ genders or transracialism really seem to act like gender and race can be a choice...

You could extend that logic to any minority then.

I'm not sure I would describe a political party with complete control of all 3 branches of US government as a "minority".

This.

Also it's kinda interesting that a place that doesn't favor conservatives is much more successful than the rest of the world.

Would you make that comment about women and POC? Because they are underrepresented in Silicon Valley as well.

I don't know if I'm moving the goal post here, but as far as I know POC and women aren't per definition known for doing the opposite of what made SV successful (-> not conserving old stuff, but trying new and innovative things)

What evidence do you have to say that liberal => SV successful and not white liberal men => SV successful

Isn't this a good thing?

I mean if there aren't any women now, it means it got big without them. Why should it add such people? This would only lead to its demise.