> Or is it a lack of consensus politically among geeks in other arenas of life? i.e. conservative geeks, liberal geeks, anarchist geeks etc...
geeks are no more a monolithic block of opinions than any other segment of the population (not that this fact stops people from referring to the 'Black vote' or the 'Jewish vote' etc and claiming to represent them)
In fact, Geeks tend by their nature to be independent thinkers, and so anyone making claims that all Geeks believe the same way on any topic (including technical ones) just doesn't know what they are talking about.