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> He has shown over many years that he isn’t someone to be trusted with this type of accreditation. His past convictions aside, he has shown that breaking the r

> He has shown over many years that he isn’t someone to be trusted with this type of accreditation. His past convictions aside, he has shown that breaking the rules is his normalcy. Is the URL bar lying to me? Am I actually on Bootlicker News, where hackers are not to be trusted, overly-powerful and unaccountable institutions get "understand[ing] and respect", and rulebreaking is grounds for excommunication? You don't see the problem because you are the problem.

edrxty 6y ago
I accept my inevitable gray punishment for negative meta discussion but it's worth stating, HN is overwhelmingly corporatist and authoritarian these days.
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willhinsa 6y ago
Somewhat orthogonal to this discussion, but I'm so glad Urbit is gaining steam every day.
- jbluepolarbear 6y ago
  The internet founded by the crazy far-right dude that believes in the Dark Enlightenment? I’ll pass.
  - Vecr 6y ago
    "The Dark Enlightenment" means you think the Enlightenment was bad, it would be clearer to say that he does not think the Enlightenment was a good thing, for a general audience.
  - willhinsa 6y ago
    Wait till you see the body count for the organization that developed the internet.
jbluepolarbear 6y ago
I’m not going to support anyone that makes a profit breaking the rules, gets caught, says sorry not sorry, continues to profit off breaking the rules in the name of privacy and free internet, and then cries that they’re no longer trusted to break the rules.
- bluefirebrand 6y ago
  > I’m not going to support anyone that makes a profit breaking the rules, gets caught, says sorry not sorry, continues to profit off breaking the rules So no Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, etc?