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Geez, it's almost like Russia handed them a priority checklist of organizations that needed to go toothless as soon as possible. CIA influence in Europe, aid to

Geez, it's almost like Russia handed them a priority checklist of organizations that needed to go toothless as soon as possible. CIA influence in Europe, aid to Ukraine, nuclear strike capability...

drawkward 2y ago
This is all according to Aleksandr Dugin's playbook for russian supremacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
tonyhart7 2y ago
elon musk literally cut off 80% twitter employees at 2022, he literally doing the same thing while he think he can get away with twitter and some left over engineer manage to keep SLA in check but for an entire federal employee in 1 country???? too much complexity for that
belter 2y ago
And flagged within seconds on HN...
- ffsm8 2y ago
  It blows my mind how quickly everything even remotely critical of the trump administration gets flagged since they've taken office. While I'd expect some to get flagged, the speed and throughoutness of it is really unusual for HN. I'm not American so the discussions were always interesting to read for me - but this time around, every thread I click on is dead by the time I see it. Never been like that since I've started frequenting HN in 2012
  - dashundchen 2y ago
    Conspiracy to me but it seems like coordinated flagging. I've noticed on a local US subreddit any political action or protest is immediately swarmed by people criticizing it or calling it useless. The comments might end up down voted but the level of engagement far exceeds a typical thread. Then looking through their comment history they're doing it across many other city subreddit. No trend of them being an active participant in any one location.
    - stogot 2y ago
      People have pointed out they flag politics here because it violates the rules. Simple as that
      - cantrecallmypwd 2y ago
        There won't be a "here" anymore because of the politics, at least not a recognizable here. That's the absurdity of trying to ignore the 800 lbs. gorilla in the room when he's bashing your head in. Sometimes, the rules need to change to adapt with unusual times. Because silence gives consent.
        stogot 2y ago
        I don’t understand your comment and the new user status makes it suspect. Either way, it’s against the rules. Discuss politics on Reddit they say, not here
        Gud 2y ago
        Politics has been discussed here for as long as I can remember. And I’ve been a member for a pretty long time now.
        stogot 2y ago
        I don’t say that it doesn’t happen (it is right now). I said it’s against the rules and that’s why the flags happen
        insane_dreamer 2y ago
        On HN we discuss tech, which was mostly apolitical until Elon decided to make it very political. So yeah, politics is now in. I don't like it either, but you'll have to take it up with him. Flag all you want, it's not going away until that situation changes.
        2y ago
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mandeepj 2y ago
> Geez, it's almost like Russia handed them a priority checklist of organizations that needed to go toothless as soon as possible. CIA influence in Europe, aid to Ukraine, nuclear strike capability... Trump and Musk have a penchant for Alpha men - Putin and Xi. Have you ever heard them talk against any of them? There was minor criticism of Xi from T during COVID-19 though, but that's it. Whatever they are doing is very strategic! First they wiped off all the credibility of the media and during that process - bought conservative political YouTuber commentators to get the Stag votes. Now, pick any YouTube video about Trump or republicans, it almost has all the positive comments about them; Meta has mixed though now, before swearing-in, it was all positive though there as well. They could have taken a methodical approach to federal purge, not sure what's the rush. Whatever they are doing, it has all the ingredients to start a civil war. It's not going to end well.
- joezydeco 2y ago
  It's possible that the Dems will get a backbone and shut down the government in March when the budget needs renewing. That's why I think the rush is on.

Geez, it's almost like Russia handed them a priority checklist of organizations that needed to go toothless as soon as possible. CIA influence in Europe, aid to Ukraine, nuclear strike capability...

drawkward 2y ago

This is all according to Aleksandr Dugin's playbook for russian supremacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

tonyhart7 2y ago

elon musk literally cut off 80% twitter employees at 2022, he literally doing the same thing while he think he can get away with twitter and some left over engineer manage to keep SLA in check but for an entire federal employee in 1 country???? too much complexity for that

belter 2y ago

And flagged within seconds on HN...

ffsm8 2y ago
It blows my mind how quickly everything even remotely critical of the trump administration gets flagged since they've taken office. While I'd expect some to get flagged, the speed and throughoutness of it is really unusual for HN. I'm not American so the discussions were always interesting to read for me - but this time around, every thread I click on is dead by the time I see it. Never been like that since I've started frequenting HN in 2012
- dashundchen 2y ago
  Conspiracy to me but it seems like coordinated flagging. I've noticed on a local US subreddit any political action or protest is immediately swarmed by people criticizing it or calling it useless. The comments might end up down voted but the level of engagement far exceeds a typical thread. Then looking through their comment history they're doing it across many other city subreddit. No trend of them being an active participant in any one location.
  - stogot 2y ago
    People have pointed out they flag politics here because it violates the rules. Simple as that
    - cantrecallmypwd 2y ago
      There won't be a "here" anymore because of the politics, at least not a recognizable here. That's the absurdity of trying to ignore the 800 lbs. gorilla in the room when he's bashing your head in. Sometimes, the rules need to change to adapt with unusual times. Because silence gives consent.
      - stogot 2y ago
        I don’t understand your comment and the new user status makes it suspect. Either way, it’s against the rules. Discuss politics on Reddit they say, not here
        Gud 2y ago
        Politics has been discussed here for as long as I can remember. And I’ve been a member for a pretty long time now.
        stogot 2y ago
        I don’t say that it doesn’t happen (it is right now). I said it’s against the rules and that’s why the flags happen
        insane_dreamer 2y ago
        On HN we discuss tech, which was mostly apolitical until Elon decided to make it very political. So yeah, politics is now in. I don't like it either, but you'll have to take it up with him. Flag all you want, it's not going away until that situation changes.
        2y ago
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mandeepj 2y ago

> Geez, it's almost like Russia handed them a priority checklist of organizations that needed to go toothless as soon as possible. CIA influence in Europe, aid to Ukraine, nuclear strike capability... Trump and Musk have a penchant for Alpha men - Putin and Xi. Have you ever heard them talk against any of them? There was minor criticism of Xi from T during COVID-19 though, but that's it. Whatever they are doing is very strategic! First they wiped off all the credibility of the media and during that process - bought conservative political YouTuber commentators to get the Stag votes. Now, pick any YouTube video about Trump or republicans, it almost has all the positive comments about them; Meta has mixed though now, before swearing-in, it was all positive though there as well. They could have taken a methodical approach to federal purge, not sure what's the rush. Whatever they are doing, it has all the ingredients to start a civil war. It's not going to end well.

joezydeco 2y ago
It's possible that the Dems will get a backbone and shut down the government in March when the budget needs renewing. That's why I think the rush is on.