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We’ve had them in office before, plus plenty of public statements over the last 10 years. It’s not exactly baseless speculation. People have things to base the
by MBCook 2y ago
We’ve had them in office before, plus plenty of public statements over the last 10 years.
It’s not exactly baseless speculation. People have things to base their guesses on.
- buzzerbetrayed 2y agoBeing right or wrong is often irrelevant to the question of “does it belong on HN?”
- sangnoir 2y agoNot only do other HN commenters largely agree that it belongs to HN, they decided that it deserves to be the top comment on this discussion, at the time I authored this comment
- notyourwork 2y agoWhich is sad for someone who has been here for well over a decade. I never came here for political banter, I came for technical discussion. Facts, truths and subject matter experts. HN is slowly becoming less concentrated version of that.
- ab5tract 2y agoPretending that “politics” exists as something separate or invasive is not only ignorant, it’s dangerous. If this were a thread about IBM machines of the 1930s, would it be playing “politics” to note that those machines were sold to Nazis and supported by IBM through sub-contractors even while we were at war with them? Is it crossing a line to mention they were used to facilitate the Holocaust?
- scoofy 2y ago"I don't want to discuss politics" when it's directly related to the topic at hand, is a complaint from the decadent class. It affects peoples lives, it's relevant, it's entirely plausible given the situation. People are going to have to deal with the presence of politics in regular life for the unforeseen future, because the luxury of avoiding politics is generally the sign of having good governance.
- Alupis 2y agoLet's not pretend everyone is aghast at the goals of this administration. We just had an election and these viewpoints resoundingly won the day. A non-trivial component to this election was this constant, smug nagging. "We know better, you're all so stupid". If you turn out to be right, enjoy your smug "I told you so", but until then - these views are a minority and are very tiring to constantly see/hear/read.
- Muromec 2y agoWhy is tiring to hear a minority especially in this forum?
- Alupis 2y agoIt wouldn't be of it was not just different variations of "Hitler Hitler Hitler, Russia Russia Russia!" We've been hearing how doomed democracy is for the better part of 10 years now. It's really old...
- ashildr 2y agoOh, you’ll be hearing it for much longer. Greetings from Germany.
- collingreen 2y agoWait, when you see someone say "department of government efficiency" and mention corruption you hear "hitler hitler hitler"? Maybe you're just really tired of hearing any criticism of blatant corruption and I'm sorry you're feeling that way. I bet that feels really discouraging and tedious and adversarial. To me this comment reads as a callout of corruption, not fascism. The hitler criticisms you mentioned, in my experience, have been for things like the maga hats with the nazi font, the republican convention stage in the shape of the SS glyph, and the claim that immigrants are watering down the proper American bloodlines. To your other request that people stop sharing their concerns: just because a lot of people vote for something doesn't mean it's inherently ethical nor does it mean people should be silenced. My assumption is most people don't want corruption or abuse or racism or fascism; if you think that too then you might have better success helping people understand why they are mistaken about what looks like corruption instead of telling people to just stop sharing opinions you're personally tired of reading.