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I feel the reason why Hacker news needs to stay apolitical is simply that politics is everywhere. If I wanted to hear about politics I would just goto CNN or F

• camillomiller 8mo ago
  That's a childish take that avoids reality. The tech you like is instrumental to terrible political decisions, whether you like it or not.
  • xigoi 8mo ago
    Great. Discuss those decisions elsewhere and let us discuss the technology.
    • camillomiller 8mo ago
      You don't get it do you. You can't decouple the technology from the use that people that control you make of it.
      • MrDrMcCoy 8mo ago
        You don't get it, do you. Technology is only political for brief periods. When introduced, they are apolitical, existing to solve a specific problem. They become political based on usage. Then, the technology either becomes obsolete or so ubiquitous as to make any politics largely irrelevant. That said, I don't think technology should be either political or apolitical. If there's a need to use a technology to solve a political problem, then do so. Once done, one should just revert to the natural state of enjoying or abandoning the thing for what it is.