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We already have a political party whose primary function is to represent the interests of well-off city dwellers. They're called the Democrats.
by earthtolazlo 10y ago
We already have a political party whose primary function is to represent the interests of well-off city dwellers. They're called the Democrats.
- devwastaken 10y agoPerhaps you could make a much more informative comment instead. Reddit is a nice place to just say things, but HN is nice because of information.
- 67726e 10y agoTo be honest, HN is not all that much better if you're not a fan of the chosen party and it's liberal inclinations. You just get brigaded to death.
- s73ver 10y agoIt's not really a chosen party. It's a flavor of some kind of techno-anarcho-libertarian capitalism.
- bluejekyll 10y agoDon't leave out the communistic-socialistic-opensource portion of the group, which has an awkward dependent relationship with the capitalistic group
- s73ver 10y agoTrue. In truth, there's probably more than one faction.
- MK999 10y agoOr shadowbanned.
- seizethecheese 10y agoPerhaps you could make a much less condescending comment. Reddit is a nice place to be condescending, but HN is nice because people are generally kind.
- griffinmmahon 10y agoThey're also called the Republicans.
- earthtolazlo 10y agoI'm not disputing that. My point was that this article is just a poorly thought-out mishmash of "centrism" and more representation for constituencies who are already very well represented on a national level.
- griffinmmahon 10y agoSure, agreed! But it's not like the two parties are all that different in that they both act on the interests of wealthy elites.
- s73ver 10y agoThe whole "both parties are the same" argument has been disproven quite a bit. At this point, it's just a sign of intellectual laziness.