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Did this centralize power or distribute power? Is the constitution more protected or less protected? Will trump have a harder time breaking the law or an easi
by hayst4ck 1y ago
Did this centralize power or distribute power?
Is the constitution more protected or less protected?
Will trump have a harder time breaking the law or an easier time?
Many in this thread arguing about the legal minutiae of a system that only became problematic in the context of an anti-constitution anti-law president... and I just don't understand. I don't understand what reality you're living in where this is something to defend.
- heylook 1y ago> I don't understand what reality you're living in where this is something to defend. Hacker news has become a much more depressing place post-Covid. Musk, Zuck, the All-In guys, Bezos, Altman. All of them role models for the people here, and all of them have gone mask-off to one degree or another in their pursuit of power and wealth and public adulation. One side of the hacker/startup coin is "look at how I [built this company|escalated privilege|retired early] by [twisting the rules of the system|exploiting a loophole|penetration testing]", and that ethos isn't entirely that far away from "did you know you can get the laws changed just by spending $50k on a senator?" or "Twitter only needs 50 engineers as long as they're all H1-B hostages". It really feels like what we've lost is empathy and humanity.
- squigz 1y agoLet's not conflate hackers with startup people.
- collingreen 1y agoOr startup people with the old boys club