I see that it was discussed at the time. I was referring to the many posts that I see about Ukraine with few upvotes. The ones that seem to get upvoted are a

I see that it was discussed at the time. I was referring to the many posts that I see about Ukraine with few upvotes. The ones that seem to get upvoted are about Elon Musk or Starlink. At any rate, I suppose if someone says something that gains the interest of the community, it will get traction. The first few comments might be important. The one in your link was interesting because it was a 20 year old prediction: “In his 1997 book The Grand Chessboard Zbigniew Brzezinski did say that if Europe went to war again it would start in Ukraine.” This post, for example, didn’t develop an interesting discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37800508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37800508