Neither of these are remotely true of Phil or Tim. CFP's demographics were different this year, because CFP's location plays a surprisingly strong role in who attends. Canada is a rather civil society. Furthermore, CFP was on the East Coast, which has never compared to Silicon Valley as a libertarian stronghold. Finally, many of the staunchest technolibertarians who have previously attended are now too involved with startups to make an appearance.
Many people celebrate libraries and librarians.
But this does not necessarily imply that they all support civic institutions in general, or that they believe that such institutions in general or libraries in particular must necessarily be funded via taxes. But when one corrects the serious misunderstandings that are the underpinnings of her examples, one finds that the situation is far more nuanced, and her simple thesis far less compelling, than she would have us believe. All rights reserved.