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HN is a forum attached to a venture capitalist company. The idea that it is in any way left-leaning is farcical.
by TRiG_Ireland 3y ago
HN is a forum attached to a venture capitalist company. The idea that it is in any way left-leaning is farcical.
- smartscience 3y agoAny way? There are left-leaning social positions that would be entirely expected from a modern tech-focused VC company. I support those causes and positions to various extents (if not always their approach to advocacy and addressing other viewpoints), but they're still left leaning.
- zer8k 3y ago[flagged]
- TRiG_Ireland 3y agoGreta Christina has an excellent article about why "Socially liberal, fiscally conservative" is mostly nonsense. Fiscally conservative means socially conservative in almost every way that actually matters. https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/here-are-7-things-people-who-say-theyre-fiscally-conservative-but-socially-liberal-dont-understand/ https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/here-are-7-things-people-wh...
- zer8k 3y agoRawstory aint a source, bub. It is humorous my post is now flagged. Makes my point in my opening post abundantly clear.
- spencerflem 3y agoyou do not understand the what it means to be 'mid to far left' if you think that it means 'socially liberal.' leftist = anti-capitalist, social programs, unions, worker-coops, etc. i hate to break it to you, but socially liberal is the mainstream centrist opinion now. Gay marriage has 70+% support, trans rights and abortion are both over 50%, my backwater suburb turned up in huge numbers for Black Lives Matter, etc.
- ffpq 3y ago[flagged]