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We are currently witnessing the merging of government and corporations. It was bad before but the process is accelerating now.

luckydata 2y ago
there's some pretty good quotes about that by Mussolini. Things are getting bleak at an incredible pace.
- cpursley 2y ago
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  - d3nj4l 2y ago
    You make broad assumptions about someone, talk down to them, and then claim they need to grow up? E: parent edited their comment.
  - notyourwork 2y ago
    Can you elaborate on what you mean?
    - cpursley 2y ago
      Sure, tl;dr: Coastals are in a cultural bubble and Orange Man Bad™ is not literally Hitler/Mussolini/{insert-favorite-despot}.
      - deleted 2y ago
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- luckydata 2y ago
  Judging by the reactions it seems fascism has become very popular around here too lately. The original quote I was referring to: Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power. - Benito Mussolini
redeux 2y ago
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- talldayo 2y ago
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  - dang 2y ago
    If you keep posting in the flamewar style we're going to have to ban you again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - talldayo 2y ago
      Then you need to ban me again, because I have no idea how I violated the guidelines any more than the OP submission did. My comment was a digression along relevant, imperative and inoffensive lines that were introduced by the source. I am not the only person raising this point, I am not inviting extremist interpretations, and I'm not misrepresenting the consequences presented in the article. For years, Hacker News has tolerated pugilist insults being hurled at the EU with the sole purpose of starting ideological flamewars. Now that someone steps up to accuse America of a double-standard, it's offensive and insensitive? I really don't get it. What culture are you even trying to foster, at this point? Certainly not one that gratifies an audience's curiosity. If you want to threaten people with the guidelines, then they have to be interpretable. The current "politics is bad except when it's not" rationale is not going to age with grace - it's going to create a series of unsustainable and conflicting precedents that only get worse as America's political landscape further deteriorates. Take a stance on it and stand your ground, people will not listen if your guidelines "maybe" enforce something or provide "probably" off-topic criteria.
      - dang 2y ago
        Your GP comment, like the one you were replying to, was just ideological flamebait, without substance or information. We want thoughtful conversation here, not people taking swipes at enemies. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > For years, Hacker News has tolerated pugilist insults being hurled at Other people breaking the site guidelines doesn't make it ok for you to do it (I don't mean you personally, of course, but anyone who comments here). Otherwise we just end up in a downward spiral (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=downward%20spiral%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...). If you see a post that ought to have been moderated but hasn't been, the likeliest explanation is that we didn't see it (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=likeliest%20explanation%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...). You can help by flagging it or emailing us at hn@ycombinator.com.

luckydata 2y ago

there's some pretty good quotes about that by Mussolini. Things are getting bleak at an incredible pace.

cpursley 2y ago
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- d3nj4l 2y ago
  You make broad assumptions about someone, talk down to them, and then claim they need to grow up? E: parent edited their comment.
- notyourwork 2y ago
  Can you elaborate on what you mean?
  - cpursley 2y ago
    Sure, tl;dr: Coastals are in a cultural bubble and Orange Man Bad™ is not literally Hitler/Mussolini/{insert-favorite-despot}.
    - deleted 2y ago
      [deleted]
luckydata 2y ago
Judging by the reactions it seems fascism has become very popular around here too lately. The original quote I was referring to: Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power. - Benito Mussolini

redeux 2y ago

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talldayo 2y ago
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- dang 2y ago
  If you keep posting in the flamewar style we're going to have to ban you again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - talldayo 2y ago
    Then you need to ban me again, because I have no idea how I violated the guidelines any more than the OP submission did. My comment was a digression along relevant, imperative and inoffensive lines that were introduced by the source. I am not the only person raising this point, I am not inviting extremist interpretations, and I'm not misrepresenting the consequences presented in the article. For years, Hacker News has tolerated pugilist insults being hurled at the EU with the sole purpose of starting ideological flamewars. Now that someone steps up to accuse America of a double-standard, it's offensive and insensitive? I really don't get it. What culture are you even trying to foster, at this point? Certainly not one that gratifies an audience's curiosity. If you want to threaten people with the guidelines, then they have to be interpretable. The current "politics is bad except when it's not" rationale is not going to age with grace - it's going to create a series of unsustainable and conflicting precedents that only get worse as America's political landscape further deteriorates. Take a stance on it and stand your ground, people will not listen if your guidelines "maybe" enforce something or provide "probably" off-topic criteria.
    - dang 2y ago
      Your GP comment, like the one you were replying to, was just ideological flamebait, without substance or information. We want thoughtful conversation here, not people taking swipes at enemies. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > For years, Hacker News has tolerated pugilist insults being hurled at Other people breaking the site guidelines doesn't make it ok for you to do it (I don't mean you personally, of course, but anyone who comments here). Otherwise we just end up in a downward spiral (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=downward%20spiral%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...). If you see a post that ought to have been moderated but hasn't been, the likeliest explanation is that we didn't see it (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=likeliest%20explanation%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...). You can help by flagging it or emailing us at hn@ycombinator.com.