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It’s 100% romanticising the past. Threads like this always make it painfully obvious how logically-minded and clever tech folks (HN crowd) are really clueless

It’s 100% romanticising the past. Threads like this always make it painfully obvious how logically-minded and clever tech folks (HN crowd) are really clueless about anything outside their area of expertise.

zer0-c00l 3y ago
“logically-minded and clever tech folks” is even too generous. Keep in mind the only barrier to entry to post here is the ability to write moderately complete sentences.
throwawaylinux 3y ago
Aahaha, "nobody may have an opinion about how they are governed, or an interest in thinking about different possibilities unless they are 'experts'". That's rich. Exactly what some kind of self-proclaimed "government expert" would say, thank you for that.
- ffhhttt 3y ago
  I’m not sure there is anything wrong with having an opinion it’s just a lot of the time any post related to economics/history/other non tech subjects is full of overconfident people offering semi-absurd solutions (some of which have even been tried but they are obviously not aware of that).
  - throwawaylinux 3y ago
    > Private legal system with non-profit counsel. Would be interesting to try it again, but no state would ever revert that kind of power to its citizens. "Over-confident" "solution" This is just too much, it's satire right? Really good if it is. Nothing more fragile and angry than an "expert" who has their proclamations challenged, or an indoctrinated follower who is threatened with scary opinions.
    - ffhhttt 3y ago
      It was satire? Makes sense now.. The Roman legal system was extremely arbitrary and highly dysfunctional by modern standard. Why transporting some random feature of it (which contributed to it being such) to the modern world would ever be a good idea? > revert that kind of power to its citizens. It think it’s the inverse and would significantly decrease the “power” a random person has due to obvious reasons. > fragile and angry I’m neither angry or fragile. Why would you even use these words? I just shared my observation, that’s it. > indoctrinated That generally comments which include this word tend to be at least mildly deranged is another thing I noticed here as well.
      - throwawaylinux 3y ago
        I'm sorry you're so angry you're resorting to not addressing my comments and doing the "I know you are but what am I" shtick, while still being incapable of pointing out this fanciful "over-confident solution" you had somehow dreamed up. Maybe it's time to stop thinking about things that scare you so much if this is how you react.
        ffhhttt 3y ago
        I’m in awe of your seemingly psychic ability to sense people’s emotions over the internet. However seeing personal insults everywhere and feeling the need to respond in kind seems rather tiresome.
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        throwawaylinux 3y ago
        > overconfident > solutions What's more tiresome is people spouting rambling and incoherent "critiques" of others which they are incapable of substantiating due to their dishonesty and/or other mental deficiencies.
        3y ago

zer0-c00l 3y ago

“logically-minded and clever tech folks” is even too generous. Keep in mind the only barrier to entry to post here is the ability to write moderately complete sentences.

throwawaylinux 3y ago

Aahaha, "nobody may have an opinion about how they are governed, or an interest in thinking about different possibilities unless they are 'experts'". That's rich. Exactly what some kind of self-proclaimed "government expert" would say, thank you for that.

ffhhttt 3y ago
I’m not sure there is anything wrong with having an opinion it’s just a lot of the time any post related to economics/history/other non tech subjects is full of overconfident people offering semi-absurd solutions (some of which have even been tried but they are obviously not aware of that).
- throwawaylinux 3y ago
  > Private legal system with non-profit counsel. Would be interesting to try it again, but no state would ever revert that kind of power to its citizens. "Over-confident" "solution" This is just too much, it's satire right? Really good if it is. Nothing more fragile and angry than an "expert" who has their proclamations challenged, or an indoctrinated follower who is threatened with scary opinions.
  - ffhhttt 3y ago
    It was satire? Makes sense now.. The Roman legal system was extremely arbitrary and highly dysfunctional by modern standard. Why transporting some random feature of it (which contributed to it being such) to the modern world would ever be a good idea? > revert that kind of power to its citizens. It think it’s the inverse and would significantly decrease the “power” a random person has due to obvious reasons. > fragile and angry I’m neither angry or fragile. Why would you even use these words? I just shared my observation, that’s it. > indoctrinated That generally comments which include this word tend to be at least mildly deranged is another thing I noticed here as well.
    - throwawaylinux 3y ago
      I'm sorry you're so angry you're resorting to not addressing my comments and doing the "I know you are but what am I" shtick, while still being incapable of pointing out this fanciful "over-confident solution" you had somehow dreamed up. Maybe it's time to stop thinking about things that scare you so much if this is how you react.
      - ffhhttt 3y ago
        I’m in awe of your seemingly psychic ability to sense people’s emotions over the internet. However seeing personal insults everywhere and feeling the need to respond in kind seems rather tiresome.
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        throwawaylinux 3y ago
        > overconfident > solutions What's more tiresome is people spouting rambling and incoherent "critiques" of others which they are incapable of substantiating due to their dishonesty and/or other mental deficiencies.
        3y ago