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Throw into that same fire also every Russian psyop attempt at destabilizing the West. Such as every alt-right/nu-right political party that sprang up over the l

by abc42 3mo ago

Throw into that same fire also every Russian psyop attempt at destabilizing the West. Such as every alt-right/nu-right political party that sprang up over the last 30 years in Europe, brexit, QAnon, climate change denialism, Trump and all of MAGA, anti-vax, etc etc etc. I suspect that DHH is not so willing to meet at the center. He might be a great software/business leader, but politically he's just another whiner who at best will achieve nothing and at worst will be another Elon Musk.

romanhounds 3mo ago
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- throw310822 3mo ago
  But how, exactly? Their political weight, at the moment, is negligible. Their economic impact is probably neutral to positive (workers for the economy). They do foster a discontent that expresses itself in vote for right-wing, populist parties- and this is indeed destabilising but not the direct fault of immigration, rather of our reaction to it.
- abc42 3mo ago
  It's standard playbook that they do not create these situations. That would be completely obvious and thus ineffective. Instead, they pick existing or upcoming trends and make them worse.
- archagon 3mo ago
  "Hordes," huh? Is that how your mother taught you to talk about other people?
f30e3dfed1c9 3mo ago
> He might be a great software/business leader There is little to no evidence of him as a great business leader. How many people does his company employ? I don't think it's as many as a hundred. This is the scale of, say, a single car dealership.
- abc42 3mo ago
  That's a bit insane criticism to lay on him. 37signals is a 27 year old company and Basecamp has been a profitable product for more than a decade. Success is not measured by the number of people you employ.
  - f30e3dfed1c9 3mo ago
    That's a successful small business, not a claim to "greatness."
  - rsynnott 3mo ago
    Sure, but you wouldn't generally call someone who runs a mature small business a "great business leader". He's basically just a blogger; no particular reason to pay attention.

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romanhounds 3mo ago

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throw310822 3mo ago
But how, exactly? Their political weight, at the moment, is negligible. Their economic impact is probably neutral to positive (workers for the economy). They do foster a discontent that expresses itself in vote for right-wing, populist parties- and this is indeed destabilising but not the direct fault of immigration, rather of our reaction to it.
abc42 3mo ago
It's standard playbook that they do not create these situations. That would be completely obvious and thus ineffective. Instead, they pick existing or upcoming trends and make them worse.
archagon 3mo ago
"Hordes," huh? Is that how your mother taught you to talk about other people?

f30e3dfed1c9 3mo ago

> He might be a great software/business leader There is little to no evidence of him as a great business leader. How many people does his company employ? I don't think it's as many as a hundred. This is the scale of, say, a single car dealership.

abc42 3mo ago
That's a bit insane criticism to lay on him. 37signals is a 27 year old company and Basecamp has been a profitable product for more than a decade. Success is not measured by the number of people you employ.
- f30e3dfed1c9 3mo ago
  That's a successful small business, not a claim to "greatness."
- rsynnott 3mo ago
  Sure, but you wouldn't generally call someone who runs a mature small business a "great business leader". He's basically just a blogger; no particular reason to pay attention.