(Please note I was too poor growing up to be one of these, but I did hang out with a lot of them, and they were basically what the left side of USENET was. Also I'm not sure this response is as fully formed as it should be, so critique is appreciated.)
Well, id say theyre idealist, not materialist in their conception. So aside from "Workers Councils!" And "Republic of Letters!" Actual policy is vague.
They've likely been exposed to some kind of left ideology, so basically they want a world where traditional Academic/Professional strata labour and cultural relations exist for everyone.
It very much is the left wing mirror of the tech bro right-libertarian grindset.
This isn't incompatible with Socialism, but it's coming from a different place than the radicalising privation of the actual poor, or class traitorism via outrage at moral injustice from the richest strata.
Since traditional professional relations are rapidly disappearing, they radicalise and gravitate to "libertarian left" positions because they think they can transplant the freedom of academia everywhere.
(Please note I was too poor growing up to be one of these, but I did hang out with a lot of them, and they were basically what the left side of USENET was. Also I'm not sure this response is as fully formed as it should be, so critique is appreciated.)
Well, id say theyre idealist, not materialist in their conception. So aside from "Workers Councils!" And "Republic of Letters!" Actual policy is vague.
They've likely been exposed to some kind of left ideology, so basically they want a world where traditional Academic/Professional strata labour and cultural relations exist for everyone.
It very much is the left wing mirror of the tech bro right-libertarian grindset.
This isn't incompatible with Socialism, but it's coming from a different place than the radicalising privation of the actual poor, or class traitorism via outrage at moral injustice from the richest strata.
Since traditional professional relations are rapidly disappearing, they radicalise and gravitate to "libertarian left" positions because they think they can transplant the freedom of academia everywhere.