> because Hacker News for whatever reason HN is largely pro-status-quo. Deferring to parasitic gatekeepers is how things get done in the worldview of the HN mi

> because Hacker News for whatever reason HN is largely pro-status-quo. Deferring to parasitic gatekeepers is how things get done in the worldview of the HN mindset, so this reaction shouldn't surprise you. When evaluating a given action from the HN zeitgeist, a decent rubric is: if a Western government authorizes it, it is universally good. If a Western government discourages it, it is Hitler. Further, and importantly: if the action in question is determined to be Hitler, it is not merely bad; it is unthinkable (because the mere act of considering it would make you, the thinker, also Hitler), and therefore not worthy of being considered an option in the first place.