Tim Zee<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span> In the 1990s and 2000s, libertarianism was the official religion of Silicon Valley. And as with many other religions and cults, the fundamentalist extremists gradually pushed the moderates to the sidelines. The South Africa adjacent PayPal mafia was a driving force. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PayPalMafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PayPalMafia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ApartheidElon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ApartheidElon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibertarianExtremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibertarianExtremists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JamesBondVillains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesBondVillains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefundMars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefundMars</span></a></p>