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Why is this on hacker news? Is not this website supposed to be about technology and all things related? Or is related = anything goes?

• procinct 6y ago
  It’s really just anything hackers would find interesting. Generally it spans tech and startups but also occasionally branches out to other sciences, art, politics and other subjects.
• freeqaz 6y ago
  For many people, myself included, this is a primary source for my news. Having the biggest bits of what is happening in the world is helpful. If people find it interesting enough to vote this up... I'm okay with that.
• snarf21 6y ago
  Are things all that different today in the US? Who knows what November will bring. It also helps underscore technology's role in disseminating information and helping people stand against oppression. Look at all the turmoil around disinformation from Facebook et. al. from the previous election. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
• jaybrendansmith 6y ago
  I help to run a software company, and many if not most of my developers are in Belarus. They are just like you, but cannot leave because they have families there. They would like a Democracy as much as anybody in the West.