Staying silent on Hacker News is not the same as staying silent altogether. There is an entire world and society with which to interact beyond this forum. Donat

Staying silent on Hacker News is not the same as staying silent altogether. There is an entire world and society with which to interact beyond this forum. Donate to causes. Talk to your senator. Protest in the streets.Get on Twitter or Mastodon and bump up real news from real activists. >A more realistic interpretation is that we can’t be bothered to have this discussion. Yes. Hacker News is a place for nerds to distract themselves, nothing more. Political discussion even with some technical dimension often amounts to little more than an excuse for intellectual exercise and sophistry, a chance for people to demonstrate their worldliness by lecturing on realpolitik or self-righteousness by denouncing the assumed immorality of their peers. Most people here aren't experiencing genocide. For most people here it's just more content to be consumed and transformed into endorphines and internet points, no more real than the battle of Yavin from Star Wars. Once you understand that dynamic you'll realize there is no praxis to be found here, only catharsis, and catharsis can be poison. I'm not telling you or anyone not to care, just to not waste their time shouting into the void here.