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There is something to what you’re saying, and things like what the EU is doing as a response to the impact or big American Tech companies is probably what is ac
by EnKopVand 4y ago
There is something to what you’re saying, and things like what the EU is doing as a response to the impact or big American Tech companies is probably what is actually interesting to a lot of us. Because it directly impacts how we’re supposed to build solutions as we need to implement more and more bureaucracy into the way we handle data, often in ways, that we need a corporate lawyer to audit because we’re software engineers. Note that I’m not saying this is good or bad, but I do think it’s interesting because it impacts us.
What I don’t personally think is interesting is American politics. The sort of thing where there are two sides, or anything where anyone might write “liberal”. As a European, where we have multiple parties work together, and where many what Americans consider “liberal” is basically the ultra Christian Right wing, is sort weird and uninteresting. Not that I don’t think things like identity politics and what not aren’t important, but maybe not something to be discussed here on HN.
- daedalus_f 4y agoOne of the things I find frustrating about talking to Americans online is they often seem to assume your opinions must be defined by the same left-right divide that characterises their politics. You accidentally signal to them republican or democrat group membership, and with it enemy or in-group status. The ill fitting political box you are then placed in colours all further interactions with that person and all your political opinions are then taken as read.