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This hatred for the government Americans have is frankly unhealthy. Besides replacing it with tech bros and crypto douchebags doesn't seem like much of an impr

This hatred for the government Americans have is frankly unhealthy. Besides replacing it with tech bros and crypto douchebags doesn't seem like much of an improvement.

yata69420 4y ago
Please don't confuse my criticism as hatred. Being critical of the government is a proud part of the American tradition. If anything (at the risk of sounding extra American), these threads remind me that the US is still the place to be if you want to build something different. There's a positive side to how the US works too. The few things we really commit to, like building our military, we really are the best at. Also, the lax regulation does let new technologies like driverless cars get tested on open roads. Hurray? I think so. Somewhere has to be the test-bed for new ideas. When they fail, they'll be expensive and stupid and maybe even stick around for a lot longer than they should (can we please, please, fix the shoes thing with the TSA?). But all together, we do a lot of cool stuff first that changes the world.
- GTP 4y ago
  > If anything (at the risk of sounding extra American), these threads remind me that the US is still the place to be if you want to build something different. Interesting, because recently the USA exited Bloomberg's top 10 innovative countries, while if I remember correctly 7/10 where European countries [0]. Sorry guys, you can't stay on top forever. [0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-03/south-korea-leads-world-in-innovation-u-s-drops-out-of-top-10 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-03/south-kor...
roenxi 4y ago
> This hatred for the government Americans have is frankly unhealthy. Governments, by design, are the most dangerous institution we have. In the 20th century they were a leading cause of death. Between the wars and communist policy a lot of people died. Fear of government is entirely sensible, we're more likely to be killed by a government than any serial killer. And we don't know what the big wars of the 21st century will look like, but we may be about to find out.

This hatred for the government Americans have is frankly unhealthy. Besides replacing it with tech bros and crypto douchebags doesn't seem like much of an improvement.

yata69420 4y ago

Please don't confuse my criticism as hatred. Being critical of the government is a proud part of the American tradition. If anything (at the risk of sounding extra American), these threads remind me that the US is still the place to be if you want to build something different. There's a positive side to how the US works too. The few things we really commit to, like building our military, we really are the best at. Also, the lax regulation does let new technologies like driverless cars get tested on open roads. Hurray? I think so. Somewhere has to be the test-bed for new ideas. When they fail, they'll be expensive and stupid and maybe even stick around for a lot longer than they should (can we please, please, fix the shoes thing with the TSA?). But all together, we do a lot of cool stuff first that changes the world.

GTP 4y ago
> If anything (at the risk of sounding extra American), these threads remind me that the US is still the place to be if you want to build something different. Interesting, because recently the USA exited Bloomberg's top 10 innovative countries, while if I remember correctly 7/10 where European countries [0]. Sorry guys, you can't stay on top forever. [0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-03/south-korea-leads-world-in-innovation-u-s-drops-out-of-top-10 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-03/south-kor...

roenxi 4y ago

> This hatred for the government Americans have is frankly unhealthy. Governments, by design, are the most dangerous institution we have. In the 20th century they were a leading cause of death. Between the wars and communist policy a lot of people died. Fear of government is entirely sensible, we're more likely to be killed by a government than any serial killer. And we don't know what the big wars of the 21st century will look like, but we may be about to find out.