While I don't think HN's been too bad in this area at all, the threat of a slippery slope bringing in the trolls is pretty real. Perhaps an accepted convention

While I don't think HN's been too bad in this area at all, the threat of a slippery slope bringing in the trolls is pretty real. Perhaps an accepted convention of downmodding any discussion of the political aspects of the economic stories is in order? IMHO the economic discussions are pretty relevant to us (esp. things like the capital markets for our VC-loving industry), but this isn't an economics or political site, so the links back to public policy don't really fit here.