> I have an similar annoyance of people who have lengthy rants against corporations that boil down to "why won't someone else do something about this". That's

> I have an similar annoyance of people who have lengthy rants against corporations that boil down to "why won't someone else do something about this". That's completely fair and I get where you are coming from. > Ultimately, the problem is a combination of things... Sadly you are correct and that's one of the things I just can't make peace with -- a lot of liberties are not only at stake here, but they are being relentlessly attacked every day, yet people still choose to divide in camps and scream at each other, while the common enemy grows stronger every month... :( > You're already grousing at a group of people who's most likely to be doing everything you think they should be doing... Yes and no. I realize what you say about the hardware that some HN users are using might be true and I'll concede it immediately. There's another group though, same ones I kept talking about -- those that have the free time and energy, maybe even the resources, to try and improve things for everybody else, yet they chose not to do so. As a guy with a streak of super sh_tty luck in the last ~18 months or so (changed several employers; of course not only their fault, mine too) who is just dreaming of having that free time and energy, it's honestly infuriating for me to sit helplessly on the side and fight furiously for stabilizing my life almost every day, while a lot of these (likely) hedonists just parrot ideal theories on a forum... Sorry. As you can see, I am very jaded. Still, I prefer to express myself openly. I know it's offensive to some but I choose to believe that people can and will see through my being jaded and find my true motives and goals. Like you did.