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Curious how this is connected at all to my question? I know "America Bad" is trendy now, but I don't see the connection.
by Merman_Mike 6y ago
Curious how this is connected at all to my question?
I know "America Bad" is trendy now, but I don't see the connection.
- fabianhjr 6y agoEspionage is less aggressive and overt than perpetrating coups in democratic societies.
- dash2 6y agoHis question was "does the US conduct cyber espionage", not "does the USA do bad things?" Let's not let every post about international politics degenerate into a contest about which state is the wickedest.
- Daho0n 6y agoPlease, this isn't Reddit. The US just happens to be part of the list of bad guys together with Russia, North Korea, Israel, PRC, etc. The difference is that on sites with a lot of US users pointing the finger at the US is more often than not seen as someone being Edgy or whatever while pointing it at Russia is cool/patriotic/stating the facts/etc.
- bitcharmer 6y agoThis. Over the past few months I've noticed HN slowly slipping into the reddit-esque, us-centric groupthink in the comments section. The bias is apparent and I fear the trend is accelerating.