A great article otherwise though.
Why the focus on corporations? I think it's just another generalization- when we talk about libertarian innovation, it's often about Objectivist-looking titans of industry singlehandedly shaping the market and keeping the big bad taxman away, as opposed to autonomous small-scale hacker collectives, or the little guy in a private workshop.
I'd just prefer to call it "cyberpunk."
A profound understatement.
I didn't know someone had to be in government before their ideology could be considered silly.
Libertarian bashing seems to be fashionable lately.
Of course it is. Many of the libertarian voices I hear these days are off the rails. Some, but not all, of my politics are libertarian but in the last few years I stopped saying as much because I don't want to get lumped in with the loons. There is a lot of untenable wishful utopian thinking seen as axiomatic going around these days.
Well, other than the libertarians who thought of it, and those that support it.
Learn the difference, then understand that there's nothing "libertarian" about making money from avoiding a sovereign power's taxes while sabotaging their communications infrastructure.
The "no true libertarian" defense?
See how ineffective these titles are? Isn't it much more effective to assume the identity of fiscal conservatives and deflate the funding out of a potential market before it's even born by appealing to those who make most of the economic decisions?
I think it helps to consider HN not as a public forum, but as a capitalist/democratic wind vane or a PR game sandbox. Remember, you can say whatever you want here but only up-voted and approved comments will be seen by others.