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Japanese culture is objectively more interesting than the politics of other people.

by ofalkaed 10mo ago

krapp 10mo ago
Japanese culture is literally the politics of other people.
Klonoar 10mo ago
Your mistake is thinking you can be snarky and reduce my point to only the culture; we've certainly had articles about Japanese politics here.
piva00 10mo ago
I think the politics of the USA becoming so entangled with the tech scene to be quite interesting, it's definitely not a phenomenon I expected to see given the ethos of the industry when I started my career in the early 2000s. Seeing the support from the previous SV "rebels" for the demolition of US's institutions is interesting.
- TheNewsIsHere 10mo ago
  You’ve put your finger right on the issue. A lot of people in tech today think politics is something “other” to tech. It’s the same kind of “we just make the thing, how it’s used, by whom, for what, and why is someone else’s problem” that pervades the likes of Meta Platforms Inc. With today’s technology industry, thinking like that is naive at best. The worst of the worst tech bros and their earlier investors (like Marc A) created and have tried hard to spread that idea around. The goal is to keep politics out of the tech workforce so that they can meddle in politics without fighting multiple fronts. You’re not supposed to say that though, for that’s saying the quiet part out loud. The sad thing is how many people buy it hook line and sinker. Which isn’t to say you’re somehow wrong for wanting a safe space away from political discourse. It’s important not to forget how empowering silence and ignorance are to causes that typically undermine the rights of the populace.
  - judahmeek 10mo ago
    > Which isn’t to say you’re somehow wrong for wanting a safe space away from political discourse. It’s important not to forget how empowering silence and ignorance are to causes that typically undermine the rights of the populace. I feel like these two statements nearly contradict each other. Maybe the second sentence should have begun with "However,..." Either way, I totally agree that apathy is enemy #1 and policies that enable censorship for any reason are enemy #2.

Japanese culture is objectively more interesting than the politics of other people.

krapp 10mo ago

Japanese culture is literally the politics of other people.

Your mistake is thinking you can be snarky and reduce my point to only the culture; we've certainly had articles about Japanese politics here.

piva00 10mo ago

I think the politics of the USA becoming so entangled with the tech scene to be quite interesting, it's definitely not a phenomenon I expected to see given the ethos of the industry when I started my career in the early 2000s. Seeing the support from the previous SV "rebels" for the demolition of US's institutions is interesting.

TheNewsIsHere 10mo ago
You’ve put your finger right on the issue. A lot of people in tech today think politics is something “other” to tech. It’s the same kind of “we just make the thing, how it’s used, by whom, for what, and why is someone else’s problem” that pervades the likes of Meta Platforms Inc. With today’s technology industry, thinking like that is naive at best. The worst of the worst tech bros and their earlier investors (like Marc A) created and have tried hard to spread that idea around. The goal is to keep politics out of the tech workforce so that they can meddle in politics without fighting multiple fronts. You’re not supposed to say that though, for that’s saying the quiet part out loud. The sad thing is how many people buy it hook line and sinker. Which isn’t to say you’re somehow wrong for wanting a safe space away from political discourse. It’s important not to forget how empowering silence and ignorance are to causes that typically undermine the rights of the populace.
- judahmeek 10mo ago
  > Which isn’t to say you’re somehow wrong for wanting a safe space away from political discourse. It’s important not to forget how empowering silence and ignorance are to causes that typically undermine the rights of the populace. I feel like these two statements nearly contradict each other. Maybe the second sentence should have begun with "However,..." Either way, I totally agree that apathy is enemy #1 and policies that enable censorship for any reason are enemy #2.