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Should the Rust community take a lesson here, and maybe the Zig community to an extent?

To me it seems that some in the Rust community in particular, perhaps because they're just the most vocal, are tightly coupled to progressive, social activism.

I guess in general I just find myself wishing that political and social issues could be entirely left out of technical communities.

>>stack_+(OP)
I'd love for politics to not infiltrate most aspects of life. Until everyone is able to, at least in part, persue life without being oppressed because of their immutable attributes, their belief or lack of belief system, who they choose to love and/or how they view themselves I think it's our civic duty to crusade for those causes.

>>valian+h1
> I think it's our civic duty to crusade for those causes

Why crusade using the resources of a technical community though? Surely it alienates the people who don't happen to align with the causes important to you.

There are myriad ways to perform your civic duty in your city. You could knock doors and encourage people to vote, for example. Why do it through a technical community?

>>stack_+B4
There is zero way you don't alienate anyone. Ask women software engineers if they ever feel alienated. That's the reason why some communities like the python community do outreach for minorities in tech.

I'm a white man, and I have never felt "alienated" in so-called progressive spaces.

>>stack_+(OP)
Just fork Rust if you don't like any politics. Unfortunately, Rust might not be worth forking, for anyone.