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I am of the opinion that the "No politics" rule of HN is just a thin veil attempting to shield the tech industry from criticism for enabling these buffoons.
by MisterTea 1y ago
I am of the opinion that the "No politics" rule of HN is just a thin veil attempting to shield the tech industry from criticism for enabling these buffoons.
- stego-tech 1y agoIt really is. Too much of our industry operates on some perverse savior complex where they believe themselves the only capable humans on the planet and everyone else to be inferior in some way (often intellectually, but there’s plenty of -isms too). These topics are incredibly salient to discuss if we’re going to improve our industry and society. Everything is political, and should be discussed in the context of technology here - which this article is highly relevant for.
- weakfish 1y agoAbsolutely. It’s even more frustrating that I tried to post this on a few notable subreddits and got auto-flagged for not complying with domain allowlists or other meaningless rules.
- saubeidl 1y agoThe "unpolitical" is an implicit endorsement of the status quo. Enforcing it as a rule is an explicit enablement of the status quo.