And so what if Andreessen <i>is</i> pro-Colonialism? It seems to have nothing to do with his performance as a VC or his early record as a tech entrepreneur, which is why he&#x27;s noteworthy.<p>He&#x27;s not running for political office, so his political beliefs shouldn&#x27;t really make a difference. We need to be willing to accept a diversity of belief instead of feigning shock and manufacturing outrage to try to lend undue credence to our own ideas of social equality; doing that is really just an admission that the argument is on shaky ground to start with and that you don&#x27;t want to allow anyone to attempt to challenge it (for fear that the ground will crack and cause the shaky belief to collapse).