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My gosh, loads of people commenting. Hacker news is indulged in politics as we speak. It's a shame really. But to add my views to the board... Yes the EU was
by MrLeftHand 10y ago
My gosh, loads of people commenting.
Hacker news is indulged in politics as we speak. It's a shame really.
But to add my views to the board...
Yes the EU wasn't perfect. I wouldn't call it undemocratic, or despotic, or communist, fascist, etc...
But it was start of something getting people together. Making Europe a whole.
Now the Brexit sparked other right wing parties in member countries to gain popularity. And we all can remember where far right nationalism leads to.
Remember Hitler being on the cover of Time magazine? Because I do.
- philippnagel 10y agoWhile I agree with you, I don't understand why "Hackers" shouldn't comment politics. How is that a shame?
- MrLeftHand 10y agoWell, you're right, but hackernews might not be the best medium to do so.
- davidw 10y agoBecause it's in the guidelines: "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic." See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6120530 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6120530 Key takeaway: we can comment on politics as much as we want (I recently signed up for strongtowns.org !) but here is not a good place for it.
- philippnagel 10y agoI disagree. "Most stories about politics [...]" implies that some are ok. The criterion is "[...] unless they're evidence of some interesting phenomenon.". As the Brexit is indeed a precedent, I would argue this story isn't off-topic. The amount of comments underlines this conclusion.
- return0 10y agoThis is not an american politics issue, so YC is fine by that. And to be honest, this move has major repercussions for many many people involved in tech and tech companies, so it's not counter productive to discuss it.