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There are people on this site who will still turn out to vote for this administration and their allies in Congress. It's wild.

GrowingSideways 9mo ago
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davidivadavid 9mo ago
The number of tech or tech-adjacent people that have completely torched their reputation in the last few weeks is staggering. I hope they get publicly shamed.
- mothballed 9mo ago
  Lol the CEO of Palantir said enthusiastically during an investor conference that it's necessary on occasion to kill his enemies, why would you think tech reputations would get torched? If anything it should be a boon when getting hired for big tech. As the government becomes more fascist and more integrated with industry, these contracts will be more and more important and enthusiastically embracing the anti-domestic-terrorist line will improve reputations even more.
  - PearlRiver 9mo ago
    Many tech bros have always been racist and misogynist.
- spwa4 9mo ago
  They shamed themselves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsl_sKYywEI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsl_sKYywEI Unfortunately ... it's all of them.
coldpie 9mo ago
I don't even know what a realistic plan to fix this looks like. How do you cult de-program 40% of the population of the most powerful country on the planet? Nuremberg-style trials for every single person working under this administration is obviously the base minimum to start to get a handle on this. Anyone who is not pushing for that is not being serious about tackling America's problems. Then what? Extreme anti-trust enforcement and implement wealth caps to prevent the harm from recurring and hope most of the population eventually comes back to planet Earth?
- spencerflem 9mo ago
  I agree, sadly we do not have any leadership pushing for this yet.
- spwa4 9mo ago
  Oh, that's easy. You see people vote like this if they don't advance economically. So what you need is to create a decade or so of economic advancement for >50% of the US. If that doesn't happen, odds are that even if a democrat president gets elected, they won't be much better. This is still the fallout of the GFC, of the decision to bail out the banks back then. I know that sounds incredible, and I would have bitten off the head of anyone claiming this when I was 20 ... but it's how the world works.
  - _shantaram 9mo ago
    As a foreigner, I'm super interested but somewhat lacking in knowledge on this subject. Could you expand on this being the repercussions of the bailout? I felt scammed when I read about it and my country wasn't even very heavily affected by the crisis (I was a wee lad back then though).
- anon7725 9mo ago
  > How do you cult de-program 40% of the population of the most powerful country on the planet? If history is any guide, that doesn't happen without a substantial - existential, perhaps - exogenous shock.
blell 9mo ago
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- pcl 9mo ago
  That's not at all what the person you responded to said. I'm not sure if you're intentionally misrepresenting their statement or if you're just reading too quickly or are under-caffeinated or whatever.
- coeneedell 9mo ago
  Violating the laws of our country while being in a position of public trust reaches a higher standard than “politicians I don’t like” IMHO.
- unethical_ban 9mo ago
  Phase for the day: rule of law
- CursedSilicon 9mo ago
  Downplaying people getting shot in the face does you no favors
- filoeleven 9mo ago
  You'll really like how they're gearing up to fix the 2026 vote, then. Or just abolish it. https://people.com/pam-bondi-full-letter-tim-walz-after-alex-pretti-shooting-11892085 https://people.com/pam-bondi-full-letter-tim-walz-after-alex...
- oooyay 9mo ago
  There is a difference between not liking someone for substantive and non-substantive reasons. I have military training that is adjacent to policing because that was one of the objectives of the theater I was in. Informed by that training I would never: - shoot someone when they are being detained - shoot someone simply because they have a gun - stand next to a vehicle so as to postulate the vehicle as a weapon When I don't like Kristi Noem it isn't because she's Kristi Noem, because she's a woman, or because she shot a puppy she didn't like. It's because her actions and policy that she defends and writes don't agree with the ethics of the training I received. You can do this thought exercise across this administration and arrive at the same conclusions of most of the key-holding individuals.
thomassmith65 9mo ago
My suspicion is that, here on HN, the number has dwindled considerably, even as the number has risen among the most famous figures in tech. HN really should conduct a survey, like StackOverflow does. It would be fascinating.
- pix128 9mo ago
  I see that as wishful thinking. HN has always been very much right leaning. I very much doubt much has changed.
  - thomassmith65 9mo ago
    Fair enough. All the more reason for HN to conduct a survey. It would be interesting to find out.
  - Tagbert 9mo ago
    HN has been right leaning? That seems an odd take. Most comments I see on here lean more progressive. Or are you talking about the billionaire tech class who are in their own demographic?
    - tremon 9mo ago
      Progressive and right-leaning are not in contradiction with each other, in that corner you will find most libertarians.
    - dghlsakjg 9mo ago
      Wonkish, pro free trade, knows who Murray Rothbard is right leaning, not populist modern right wing.
    - JeremyNT 9mo ago
      HN like a lot of SV / VC culture was more libertarian leaning than right leaning. Low taxes, minimal oversight, etc. - true largely of workers and capital alike. The open embrace of the fascist / nativist right in SV has been more recent, and it has empowered this second Trump administration. The calculation is presumably that they can curry favor and consolidate power.
etruong42 9mo ago
Is it particularly wild? There are many possible interpretations of your statement. Do you expect the people on this site to be particularly different from the voters who almost put Trump into office 2016 and actually voted him into office 2024? Or did you mean to express shock that anyone at all would vote for Trump compared to voting for someone like Biden?

GrowingSideways 9mo ago

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davidivadavid 9mo ago

The number of tech or tech-adjacent people that have completely torched their reputation in the last few weeks is staggering. I hope they get publicly shamed.

mothballed 9mo ago
Lol the CEO of Palantir said enthusiastically during an investor conference that it's necessary on occasion to kill his enemies, why would you think tech reputations would get torched? If anything it should be a boon when getting hired for big tech. As the government becomes more fascist and more integrated with industry, these contracts will be more and more important and enthusiastically embracing the anti-domestic-terrorist line will improve reputations even more.
- PearlRiver 9mo ago
  Many tech bros have always been racist and misogynist.
spwa4 9mo ago
They shamed themselves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsl_sKYywEI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsl_sKYywEI Unfortunately ... it's all of them.

coldpie 9mo ago

I don't even know what a realistic plan to fix this looks like. How do you cult de-program 40% of the population of the most powerful country on the planet? Nuremberg-style trials for every single person working under this administration is obviously the base minimum to start to get a handle on this. Anyone who is not pushing for that is not being serious about tackling America's problems. Then what? Extreme anti-trust enforcement and implement wealth caps to prevent the harm from recurring and hope most of the population eventually comes back to planet Earth?

spencerflem 9mo ago
I agree, sadly we do not have any leadership pushing for this yet.
spwa4 9mo ago
Oh, that's easy. You see people vote like this if they don't advance economically. So what you need is to create a decade or so of economic advancement for >50% of the US. If that doesn't happen, odds are that even if a democrat president gets elected, they won't be much better. This is still the fallout of the GFC, of the decision to bail out the banks back then. I know that sounds incredible, and I would have bitten off the head of anyone claiming this when I was 20 ... but it's how the world works.
- _shantaram 9mo ago
  As a foreigner, I'm super interested but somewhat lacking in knowledge on this subject. Could you expand on this being the repercussions of the bailout? I felt scammed when I read about it and my country wasn't even very heavily affected by the crisis (I was a wee lad back then though).
anon7725 9mo ago
> How do you cult de-program 40% of the population of the most powerful country on the planet? If history is any guide, that doesn't happen without a substantial - existential, perhaps - exogenous shock.

blell 9mo ago

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pcl 9mo ago
That's not at all what the person you responded to said. I'm not sure if you're intentionally misrepresenting their statement or if you're just reading too quickly or are under-caffeinated or whatever.
coeneedell 9mo ago
Violating the laws of our country while being in a position of public trust reaches a higher standard than “politicians I don’t like” IMHO.
unethical_ban 9mo ago
Phase for the day: rule of law
CursedSilicon 9mo ago
Downplaying people getting shot in the face does you no favors
filoeleven 9mo ago
You'll really like how they're gearing up to fix the 2026 vote, then. Or just abolish it. https://people.com/pam-bondi-full-letter-tim-walz-after-alex-pretti-shooting-11892085 https://people.com/pam-bondi-full-letter-tim-walz-after-alex...
oooyay 9mo ago
There is a difference between not liking someone for substantive and non-substantive reasons. I have military training that is adjacent to policing because that was one of the objectives of the theater I was in. Informed by that training I would never: - shoot someone when they are being detained - shoot someone simply because they have a gun - stand next to a vehicle so as to postulate the vehicle as a weapon When I don't like Kristi Noem it isn't because she's Kristi Noem, because she's a woman, or because she shot a puppy she didn't like. It's because her actions and policy that she defends and writes don't agree with the ethics of the training I received. You can do this thought exercise across this administration and arrive at the same conclusions of most of the key-holding individuals.

thomassmith65 9mo ago

My suspicion is that, here on HN, the number has dwindled considerably, even as the number has risen among the most famous figures in tech. HN really should conduct a survey, like StackOverflow does. It would be fascinating.

pix128 9mo ago
I see that as wishful thinking. HN has always been very much right leaning. I very much doubt much has changed.
- thomassmith65 9mo ago
  Fair enough. All the more reason for HN to conduct a survey. It would be interesting to find out.
- Tagbert 9mo ago
  HN has been right leaning? That seems an odd take. Most comments I see on here lean more progressive. Or are you talking about the billionaire tech class who are in their own demographic?
  - tremon 9mo ago
    Progressive and right-leaning are not in contradiction with each other, in that corner you will find most libertarians.
  - dghlsakjg 9mo ago
    Wonkish, pro free trade, knows who Murray Rothbard is right leaning, not populist modern right wing.
  - JeremyNT 9mo ago
    HN like a lot of SV / VC culture was more libertarian leaning than right leaning. Low taxes, minimal oversight, etc. - true largely of workers and capital alike. The open embrace of the fascist / nativist right in SV has been more recent, and it has empowered this second Trump administration. The calculation is presumably that they can curry favor and consolidate power.

etruong42 9mo ago

Is it particularly wild? There are many possible interpretations of your statement. Do you expect the people on this site to be particularly different from the voters who almost put Trump into office 2016 and actually voted him into office 2024? Or did you mean to express shock that anyone at all would vote for Trump compared to voting for someone like Biden?