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I do think the HN and tech community is a more diverse group, than just the ultra libertarians, opportunists, and outright fascists. Maybe that's just my naive

I do think the HN and tech community is a more diverse group, than just the ultra libertarians, opportunists, and outright fascists. Maybe that's just my naive hope. In any case I would also like to know how US based techies think about this administration and the direction the country is heading in.

mrbombastic 1y ago
if you look at any recent article here on the current US trajectory there is a pretty large contingent of people who are very much not happy with the way things are going. Of course the articles then get flagged and removed from the front page but from my reading more and more people are speaking up over here. And as US techie I certainly don’t support this BS.
- mlrtime 1y ago
  >people who are very much not happy with the way things are going. Of course the articles then get flagged and removed from the front page ... Can you explain, we're in one now on the front page. In fact, I see the opposite, anything positive of the current administration is drowned out by comments about all the other things not going well.
  - mrbombastic 1y ago
    I could have been clearer but that is what i mean, there is a large contingent with very negative feelings for the actions of the current admin.
    - mlrtime 1y ago
      Ahh got it, agreed. I do experiments every once in awhile where I try to find one thing the current administration has done objectively well, there are some. Some people can't admit to one thing being good, and I'm not even saying the ends justify the means.
      - somebehemoth 1y ago
        I mean no snark, but can you link to some things that are objectively well done?
  - myvoiceismypass 1y ago
    Worth noting that I did not realize how many articles are getting flagged regularly here until I switched to active view eg https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active
rsynnott 1y ago
> than just the ultra libertarians, opportunists, and outright fascists. I mean, I would think that actual libertarians, even right-libertarians, would be extremely alarmed by ol' minihands, tbh.

mrbombastic 1y ago

if you look at any recent article here on the current US trajectory there is a pretty large contingent of people who are very much not happy with the way things are going. Of course the articles then get flagged and removed from the front page but from my reading more and more people are speaking up over here. And as US techie I certainly don’t support this BS.

mlrtime 1y ago
>people who are very much not happy with the way things are going. Of course the articles then get flagged and removed from the front page ... Can you explain, we're in one now on the front page. In fact, I see the opposite, anything positive of the current administration is drowned out by comments about all the other things not going well.
- mrbombastic 1y ago
  I could have been clearer but that is what i mean, there is a large contingent with very negative feelings for the actions of the current admin.
  - mlrtime 1y ago
    Ahh got it, agreed. I do experiments every once in awhile where I try to find one thing the current administration has done objectively well, there are some. Some people can't admit to one thing being good, and I'm not even saying the ends justify the means.
    - somebehemoth 1y ago
      I mean no snark, but can you link to some things that are objectively well done?
- myvoiceismypass 1y ago
  Worth noting that I did not realize how many articles are getting flagged regularly here until I switched to active view eg https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active

rsynnott 1y ago

> than just the ultra libertarians, opportunists, and outright fascists. I mean, I would think that actual libertarians, even right-libertarians, would be extremely alarmed by ol' minihands, tbh.