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It's surreal to see the usual rewrite-in-Rust articles and such still dominating the main page during an ongoing and fairly open effort to end liberal democracy

It's surreal to see the usual rewrite-in-Rust articles and such still dominating the main page during an ongoing and fairly open effort to end liberal democracy in the US and upend the entire world trade & security order. I get that it's supposedly a tech forum (and that actually it's an advertising & marketing platform) but still, gives a fella the creeps. Especially when major tech figures (Thiel, Musk, everyone in charge of a site exhibiting the usual "engagement algorithm quickly becomes indistinguishable from an intentional right-wing radicalization pipeline and conspiratorial-thinking primer" behavior) are largely responsible for where we're at and are so involved in it, and the rest of the industry's "disruptive" "genius" "mavericks" are cowering like frightened children.

johnnyanmac 2y ago
People still have their circuses. Until it hits them personally, many will try to ignore what goes on outside the tent.
DrillShopper 2y ago
The vast majority of people on this site approve of what the president is doing or are apathetic to it since they think it will never affect them. One only need look at how fast the flagging brigade shows up when any story critical of the government or Elon Musk is posted.
- ipaddr 2y ago
  Political stories get flagged. It's not for a lack of caring or supporting either side. It's been an ongoing rule since the start. Musk has had an unusual popularity in tech circles but that was before his political journey.
gruez 2y ago
>It's surreal to see the usual rewrite-in-Rust articles and such still dominating the main page during an ongoing and fairly open effort to end liberal democracy in the US and upend the entire world trade & security order. Did you miss this post from yesterday, with 697 points and 1406 comments? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43634806 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43634806 or maybe a tariff adjacent story with 674 points and 980 comments? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43631543 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43631543

johnnyanmac 2y ago

People still have their circuses. Until it hits them personally, many will try to ignore what goes on outside the tent.

DrillShopper 2y ago

The vast majority of people on this site approve of what the president is doing or are apathetic to it since they think it will never affect them. One only need look at how fast the flagging brigade shows up when any story critical of the government or Elon Musk is posted.

ipaddr 2y ago
Political stories get flagged. It's not for a lack of caring or supporting either side. It's been an ongoing rule since the start. Musk has had an unusual popularity in tech circles but that was before his political journey.

gruez 2y ago

>It's surreal to see the usual rewrite-in-Rust articles and such still dominating the main page during an ongoing and fairly open effort to end liberal democracy in the US and upend the entire world trade & security order. Did you miss this post from yesterday, with 697 points and 1406 comments? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43634806 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43634806 or maybe a tariff adjacent story with 674 points and 980 comments? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43631543 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43631543