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No, they don't, they do a bad thing. In actual fact, all cops are bastards. Their primary function in society is to defend the property rights of the capitalist
by duairc 13y ago
No, they don't, they do a bad thing. In actual fact, all cops are bastards. Their primary function in society is to defend the property rights of the capitalist class against the working class, thus preserving inequality.
- unimpressive 13y agoIgnoring for a moment the validity of this statement, can I ask why you visit a site that is primarily about business news/Silicon Valley Hacker errata if you're not a fan of the 'bourgeois'?
- jlgreco 13y agoMaybe he sees dampening the echo chamber as a sort of community service.
- soult 13y agoHacker News features many programming and technology related articles as well.
- duairc 13y agoBecause it's Hacker News, not Bourgeois News. And I know this site is tied to an ideology that reimagines the "DIY" (for want of a better term) aspect of the hacker tradition as a kind of pro-capitalist (or at least "DIY capitalist") thing, but I don't think most hackers are capitalists, even on this site. For me, anti-authoritarianism has always been a central tenet of the hacker tradition, which for me goes hand-in-hand with anti-capitalism. I acknowledge that most hackers are not explicitly/consciously anti-capitalist.
- clarkmoody 13y agoI usually don't see blatant communist / class warfare trolling, at least on HN.