I interviewed on the phone for an engineering role at reddit about 9 months ago. The recruiter asked me what my political preference was. I refused to answer. Didn't get a callback. They were literally looking for a liberal.

Yeah the recruiter was all about making sure I was going to be a good fit for their liberal team.

Should have lied

Did you give any indication you weren't a liberal? Aside from standing up for yourself, which is obviously not a trait of these modern neolib pussies. We need to establish a group of classical liberals. We are so stuck between red hats and ass hats.

I am a libertarian.

No company can ask you that. Why didn't you bring any attention to this when it happened?

No one is a good guy- they all represent the interests of the Elite, just differing sides. And none of those interests help the common People.

Shh, you're supposed to engage in identity politics like a sheep and get outraged about teh evil libz who are working for teh jewz and teh literal hitler Nazi republicanz instead of realizing they're the same.

Yes, liberals do that, and the conservative jam religious "values" down your throat as well as nationalist propaganda and science denial, the libs also conveniently deny science as it suits them. Both sides are bad and more similar than they are different. Centrists and those who deal in scientific facts are the future and will be the only thing that can save humanity from itself, they are unfortunately outnumbered.

I've never had either at a company, that's unfortunate and depending on the context it's illegal. I wouldn't work for one or I'd sue them and own it, lol, Murica.

I have been discriminated against during a hiring process for being a male but I simply "wasn't the right fit" for the job which is perfectly legal. Wasn't a liberal thing though, was just a female centered store and I can see why they wouldn't want a 6'3" strongman managing a jewelry store aimed at teen girls.

Well it's how they word it that affects legality, I was a hiring manager for two different corporations before, had to be very careful with words for that reason.

I've never had either at a company, that's unfortunate and depending on the context it's illegal. I wouldn't work for one or I'd sue them and own it, lol, Murica.

I have been discriminated against during a hiring process for being a male but I simply "wasn't the right fit" for the job which is perfectly legal. Wasn't a liberal thing though, was just a female centered store and I can see why they wouldn't want a 6'3" strongman managing a jewelry store aimed at teen girls.

If you live in the south religious views are very much in the public work sphere. I’ve had to be very careful about coming out as an atheist and my views on religion as I was was growing up in the Bible Belt.

"Coming out as an atheist" is one the funniest and saddest things I've ever heard of someone having to do. Fuck man.

That’s how it was for me. My mom and my grand mother cried when they found out. It still a sensitive subject around my mom. They think I’m going to hell.

That’s good that’s how it was for you. It wasn’t like that for me.

differing sides.

There’s only one side brah.

The bits we get to “choose” are decided for us.

Do you still believe in nations? Do you think countries actually have autonomy and sovereignty?

They are all bound together under one giant umbrella of elite control that has been around long enough to completely rewrite history. Each state is just a Petri dish for the families at the very top to tune and experiment with societal theories and to tighten the leash a little more. The even more artificial dichotomy of left vs right exists only to mask the layers above it.

Everything that happens in the public eye is a big show. The only place any competition happens is at ground level, to keep the cattle occupied.

What makes you think Soros is an elite?

If he measures his wealth in monetary terms, if you and I both know his name, then he’s still a minion.

Within the strictly segregated sandbox granted to us peons it’s still possible for people to rise and fall, GoT-style, accumulating vast sums of money and acquiring all manner of worldly goods.

Some have it easier than others, of course, and the pseudo-elite like Soros enjoy all the main benefits in our playground.

If he has bank accounts and is still legally bound by contracts then he’s still playing by their rules. People like Soros still operate within the ultimate confines of the same closed system. A system operated exclusively by a cabal of elite families who, at some point in the distant past, seized control and have been maintaining it ever since.

Pretty neat, really. They figured out that the best way to ensure their continued survival was to create a controlled environment for the rest of us, much like free range farmyard animals. The Matrix was a documentary!

Call him what you want, it's only semantics.

Where I live, the local word for people with a normal office job is "elite". Not even kidding.

There are various factions of the Elite is what I was saying. No matter what you choose you end up with them and their agenda, just slightly different flavors with the same end game.

If you view the ones you can see as the elite then sure. The definition of elite I use transcends all factions.

I mean...there are the "faces" of the Elite and there are those who control them. There are still "factions", who argue on the direction though they all agree on the end game.

I pretty much agree with that.

Chatham House rules is a similar concept. We get to experience the agenda and are free to ask most questions, except for the one question that might threaten it.

There are still "factions", who argue

I sometimes wonder how their disagreements get settled. Perhaps "wars"?

I expect those at the very top long ago abandoned barbarism and violence amongst themselves.

You can tell by the instant downvotes which subs are brigading hard here.

OP got downvotes cause of the crappy tittle.

OP reddit is a libertarian operation, start to finish.

Why would they hire liberals whom they not only hate but spend a huge amount of time and space attacking?

What? you didn't know the libertarians were fine with Hillary, shit now Trump has bungled up all their int'l trading plans.

I believe that. Also the word liberal has a much different meaning than it used to. I wonder if Older Democrats are cringing at what some are doing. It's the same when Nazi right wing people show up saying they are conservatives. I think both are being controlled by outside sources.

They exist in order to win elections for whatever campaign hires them to do so. And it seems they do so by any means necessary, including pushing manufactured fear and lies as long as they help.

Mercer is a detached multi-billionaire with a yacht called the "Sea Owl" who funds some quack scientist in the NW who is trying to find the fountain of youth via analyzing and storing jars of piss in his barn. He's not your friend.

No, neoliberals get into the subs and take over at mod positions, keeping out all opposing information.