I'm fairly new to HN community, so just getting a feel for what is appropriate. IOW, this isn't questioning the judgement of the OP, just trying to educate mys

I'm fairly new to HN community, so just getting a feel for what is appropriate. IOW, this isn't questioning the judgement of the OP, just trying to educate myself: Why is this relevant to HN? This seems to be a political piece with very little relevance to the technical community (other than how it impacts us all at a global scale -- but so does anything political, to an extent).