{"id":2660,"date":"2020-12-07T20:39:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T02:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lfs.org\/blog\/?post_type=aiovg_videos&#038;p=2660"},"modified":"2020-12-07T20:39:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T02:39:54","slug":"why-libertarianism-isnt-rightwing-and-how-the-prometheus-awards-recognize-good-sf-no-matter-who-writes-it-lfs-leader-steve-gaalemas-interview-at-kansas-citys-2016-worldcon","status":"publish","type":"aiovg_videos","link":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/aiovg_videos\/why-libertarianism-isnt-rightwing-and-how-the-prometheus-awards-recognize-good-sf-no-matter-who-writes-it-lfs-leader-steve-gaalemas-interview-at-kansas-citys-2016-worldcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Why libertarianism isn\u2019t rightwing and how the Prometheus Awards recognize good sf, no matter who writes it: LFS leader Steve Gaalema\u2019s interview at Kansas City\u2019s 2016 Worldcon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sample excerpt from Steve Gaalema\u2019s Worldcon video interview:<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cOur main purpose is to recognize freedom-promoting fiction, especially novels&#8230; about protagonists fighting against oppression. We also have a Hall of Fame award, a little like the retro Hugos,\u201d Gaalema said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a misconception that libertarians are rightwing.\u00a0 We are in favor of freedom whether it\u2019s economic freedom or social freedom. Libertarians can draw support from people who think they\u2019re leftwing as well. We\u2019re in favor of good science fiction, no matter who writes it. We give the award based on the quality of the work, not based on who the authors are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LFS veteran board member Steve Gaalema, a Colorado-based engineer who has worked on a U.S. satellite sent to Mars, emceed the 2016 Prometheus Awards ceremony during the 2016 Kansas City Worldcon, where he was interviewed about the awards and the Libertarian Futurist Society by a Worldcon staffer for their cable-TV channel during the Worldcon weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","aiovg_categories":[],"aiovg_tags":[],"class_list":["post-2660","aiovg_videos","type-aiovg_videos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aiovg_videos\/2660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aiovg_videos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/aiovg_videos"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"aiovg_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aiovg_categories?post=2660"},{"taxonomy":"aiovg_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aiovg_tags?post=2660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}