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Inherently anti-progressive and probably outing yourself. The saying is now "when in Rome do as you whim".

• feet 4y ago
  >Their favoring Progressive ideas is no more surprising than powerful monarchs favoring the Divine right of kings This statement is what really makes no sense to me. I don't understand the equivalency
  • 8jef 4y ago
    Probably derived from an amalgam between general social progress and individual economical progress, both supposedly traveling together, but don't.
  • bell-cot 4y ago
    {HN Crowd} ===favor=(aka "like")===> {Progressive ideas} ...is similar to... {Powerful Monarchs} ===favor=(aka "like")===> {Set of ideas which closely align with the worldviews and interests of powerful monarchs. These ideas also tend to be very popular with the families, friends, favorite authors, peers, underlings, etc. of powerful monarchs.} Any better?
    • feet 4y ago
      What I understand is {people} likes {thing} But in this case the {things} are not equivalent Actually the people are not equivalent either, tech workers are workers not capital owners
      • bell-cot 4y ago
        If I'd just said ">>The HN Crowd likes Progressive Ideas<< is almost as easy to predict as >>warm water is wet<<", would that have been better?
        • feet 4y ago
          No because the issue is the same as stated above. I have seen numerous conservative statements on HN and most progressive ideas I've seen stated are rather conservative in themselves. Perhaps it depends on perspective, therefore we can't use such analogies at all