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Not wanting to discuss politics on HN does not make one indifferent, unless you know everything each of us does in our real job and spare time.
by icelancer 5y ago
Not wanting to discuss politics on HN does not make one indifferent, unless you know everything each of us does in our real job and spare time.
- eevilspock 5y agoYou may not be indifferent, but the vast majority of HN effectively is. I say effectively because they are very much in favor of a particular political and economic system, but because that political and economic system is the status quo and, if anything, is getting further entrenched, they can effectively not worry about it. It's not a coincidence that this same political and economic system has enabled the tech world to accumulate so much wealth and social power. It's not a coincidence that the HN readers are the upper caste within the tech world, not the assembly-line workers, the warehouse workers, the delivery workers upon, the restaurant workers, and the many other kinds of workers who work for a tech company or service tech workers, for minimum or close to minimum wage.
- raarts 5y ago| You may not be indifferent, but the vast majority of HN effectively is. What I want to discuss and engage with on HN is usually very different (and way less political) compared to what I engage with in other social media. So you can't draw any conclusions about me based on my HN behavior alone.