But SV types also want good education funded by the state. It may serve their 
narrow interest in the first instance but overall it's a good thing.

Anthony DCosta            
Professor of Indian Studies
Asia Research Centre
Copenhagen Business School
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On Jun 13, 2013, at 5:55 PM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Morgan, Rothschild, Rockefeller? wouldn't "Murdoch" -- or something
>> else, such as "corporate" -- be a better term to speak to folks
>> outside of the self-defined left? or how about the "Steve Jobs press"?
>> they treat him like a demigod, even though he was an
>> anti-philanthropist and a tax-evader.
> 
> 
> 
> The universal adoration of Steve Jobs is a sociological phenomenon worth 
> thinking about in some detail. His appeal to the Ayn Rand set is obvious 
> enough, but even Occupy Wall Street protesters held candle-light vigils on 
> his death. Why? Clearly he represents the meritocratic ideal, the good 
> capitalist, the anti-thesis of the corrupt, crony-capitalists represented by 
> Goldman Sachs. But is there something more? Personal charisma? A compelling 
> story as a comeback-kid?
> 
> In my experience there is a strongly and widely shared libertarian streak 
> among the Silicon Valley techie crowd. Are there any good studies of this?
> -raghu.
> 
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