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The linked blog is by a notorious America-hater Umair Haque, almost all of his pieces are slammed for similar reasons you see in this comments section. It's hat

The linked blog is by a notorious America-hater Umair Haque, almost all of his pieces are slammed for similar reasons you see in this comments section. It's hate bait, nothing more. (I recommend "Why the Anglo World is Collapsing" /s) Take a look at his other work to get an idea of how seriously you should take this guy: https://eand.co/@umairh https://eand.co/@umairh

Tor3 8y ago
I cannot understand why you would call it hate bait. [but please look at the actual article, not the link in the header· NB: I have no knowledge about the author other than that article. But the article is what's being discussed here.] He is, for example, pointing out that history shows that the way to progress is by "lifting one another up, not keeping anyone else down" and rejecting the "I rise by pulling you down" philosophy, which is exactly the reasoning of the groups that are currently destabilizing factors in some Europan countries. In other words - it's the opposite of hate bait.
- creaghpatr 8y ago
  Cmon. Take this passage, right at the beginning: >There is a myth of exceptionalism in America that prevents it from looking outward, and learning from the world. It is made up of littler myths about greed being good, the weak deserving nothing, society being an arena, not a lever, for the survival of the fittest — and America is busy recounting those myths, not learning from the world, in slightly weaker (Democrats) or stronger (Republicans) forms. He makes a bunch of accusative statements that are intentionally designed to provoke bipartisan outrage, hence clicks and shares on forums like Hacker News. It's absolutely hate-bait.
devmunchies 8y ago
oh you weren't kidding. I went through his twitter too. A real anglophobe. I understand disliking big banks, big finance, capitalism etc, but to blame a culture of people sounds... familiar. "Its the anglos!" "Its the jews!" No, its probably less than a few thousand highly influential elites who just care about themselves.
TheOperator 8y ago
My word this is some interesting writing. >Do you need more “indicators”? Are you one of those people that needs “statistics” to tell you what is true about you are already living? Very well. >Where does this insane, bizarre, upside down illogic come from? I’ll answer that in just a moment. First let me spell it out a little more clearly at root, and then its roots will naturally reveal themselves He just seems like he writes out a flow of conciousness. There is zero structure to his writing or arguments.

Tor3 8y ago

I cannot understand why you would call it hate bait. [but please look at the actual article, not the link in the header· NB: I have no knowledge about the author other than that article. But the article is what's being discussed here.] He is, for example, pointing out that history shows that the way to progress is by "lifting one another up, not keeping anyone else down" and rejecting the "I rise by pulling you down" philosophy, which is exactly the reasoning of the groups that are currently destabilizing factors in some Europan countries. In other words - it's the opposite of hate bait.

creaghpatr 8y ago
Cmon. Take this passage, right at the beginning: >There is a myth of exceptionalism in America that prevents it from looking outward, and learning from the world. It is made up of littler myths about greed being good, the weak deserving nothing, society being an arena, not a lever, for the survival of the fittest — and America is busy recounting those myths, not learning from the world, in slightly weaker (Democrats) or stronger (Republicans) forms. He makes a bunch of accusative statements that are intentionally designed to provoke bipartisan outrage, hence clicks and shares on forums like Hacker News. It's absolutely hate-bait.

devmunchies 8y ago

oh you weren't kidding. I went through his twitter too. A real anglophobe. I understand disliking big banks, big finance, capitalism etc, but to blame a culture of people sounds... familiar. "Its the anglos!" "Its the jews!" No, its probably less than a few thousand highly influential elites who just care about themselves.

TheOperator 8y ago

My word this is some interesting writing. >Do you need more “indicators”? Are you one of those people that needs “statistics” to tell you what is true about you are already living? Very well. >Where does this insane, bizarre, upside down illogic come from? I’ll answer that in just a moment. First let me spell it out a little more clearly at root, and then its roots will naturally reveal themselves He just seems like he writes out a flow of conciousness. There is zero structure to his writing or arguments.