> 2) They do not see their opponents as people.

> Like, that's it. They're either ignorant or they view their opposition as subhuman.

I'm going to go a bit off topic, but tech people often just inhale sci-fi, and I think we ought to reckon the problems with that, especially when tech people get into position of power.

Take Dune, for instance. Everyone know Vladimir Harkonnen is a bad guy, but even the good-guy Atreides seem to be spending their time fighting and assassinating, Paul's jihad kills 60 billion people, and Leto II is a totalitarian tyrant. It's all elite power-and-dominance shit, not even the protagonists are good people when you think about it. Regular people merit barely a mention, and are just fodder.

Often the people are cardboard, and it's the (fantasy) tech and the "world building" that are the focus.

It doesn't seem like it'd be good influence on someone's worldview, especially when not balanced sufficiently by other influences.