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Here we have exhibit A on why the social contract in the US is dead. Instead of using politics to better your physical situation you use it as therapy. I'm not
by korrachs 9y ago
Here we have exhibit A on why the social contract in the US is dead. Instead of using politics to better your physical situation you use it as therapy.
I'm not virtuous enough to push for higher taxes and more welfare? By shutting me down you'll have even more poor to celebrate! Isn't virtue signalling great?
- ice109 9y agohow am i virtue signalling on an anonymous forum? who am i signalling to? i don't even have anything identifying me on my profile? and googling this name brings up nothing. so umm maybe i actually mean what i say?
- dang 9y agoWould you please stop arguing like this on HN? It's hard enough for this place to touch on divisive topics without disintegrating. When you post in this nasty, acerbic way, you're weakening the already-fragile bonds that keep HN barely cohesive, and contributing it to it going down in flames. (That's ironic for a post that mentions social contract.) We ban accounts that do this repeatedly, so please make sure not to. A long time ago, pg (who created HN) wrote: A comment in reply to another comment should be written in the spirit of colleagues cooperating in good faith to figure out the truth about something, not politicians trying to ridicule and misrepresent the other side. That's the standard we ask users here to follow, regardless of how wrong or provocative the other comment has been.