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I see a lot of libertarian and anti-government sentiments expressed on HN. And I see a lot of leftists on HN that are surprised that this is the case. Why is

I see a lot of libertarian and anti-government sentiments expressed on HN. And I see a lot of leftists on HN that are surprised that this is the case. Why is that? The question - and only question - should be what David Simon asks: are we all in this together or are we not? Because all of 310+ million are not in this together. We, as individuals, all have our own dreams, ambitions, interests, and goals. I see a lot of leftist sentiment expressed on HN - sentiment for the same old failed ideas that was the cause of the so much misery in the last century and to this day.

g8oz 13y ago
>>Because all of 310+ million are not in this together. We, as individuals, all have our own dreams, ambitions, interests, and goals. And as a society you have roads, schools, hospitals, public safety, public health etc. Acknowledging common interests in public goods and following through on the implications of that acknowledgment is not the road to Stalinism that you seem to think it is. Life is not an XOR gate.
saraid216 13y ago
> And I see a lot of leftists on HN that are surprised that this is the case. Why is that? Heightened expectations of intelligence, probably. I wasn't surprised that it was the case, but I used to be a libertarian programmer until I got an education, so unfair advantage there.