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I think we can take for granted that Trumpism exists somewhere in the political sphere of authoritarianism. This is Hacker News; the hacker ethic is fundamental
by jonstewart 6y ago
I think we can take for granted that Trumpism exists somewhere in the political sphere of authoritarianism. This is Hacker News; the hacker ethic is fundamentally anti-authoritarian. So, yes, I believe Trumpist political articles—this one ends by drawing a clear analogy between Trump and the more appealing class of roguish small business owners (which Trump never was, having inherited his money)—particularly insidious ones that use a lot of words to put an intellectual veneer on Trumpism, do not at all belong on Hacker News.
- ThrowawayR2 6y ago> "the hacker ethic is fundamentally anti-authoritarian" The old guard who believed in the hacker ethic has long ago faded into irrelevance. I am sorry to say that technology is now run by the mundanes (yes, even the bulk of software developers) and the new hacker ethic seems to be "greed is good".