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The majority of the USA (outside of the HN echo chamber) neither cares one bit about this issue, or probably has even a close to remote understanding of the iss

The majority of the USA (outside of the HN echo chamber) neither cares one bit about this issue, or probably has even a close to remote understanding of the issue to care more than breezing over a column about it in the NY Times on the subway. Thus what you actually believe to be a major issue upsetting the majority of Americans actually is not the case.

mattmanser 13y ago
I'm tired of seeing the endless variations of this vapid comment. This is a news article! Guess what, this means other people care! Wow!
- res0nat0r 13y ago
  There is also reporting every day about who ate the most elephant ears at the local fair. It doesn't mean more than a handful of folks either care, or read something just because it is in the paper.
brendanobrien 13y ago
I'd love to know where the fact(s) that support this "majority" come from.
- res0nat0r 13y ago
  The fact that you don't see any major movement besides small select groups here and there protesting about the issue and anything real being done about it. I'm tired of hearing on HN "oh democracy is dead, the USA is run by the rich and by mega corporations". No, the issues your keep hearing endlessly brought up on HN every day are in fact not as popular to the rest of the USA as you think. The Guardian is doing a great job improving their reader base by stretching out these Snowden revelations and keeping their traffic high for the minority of folks who care about the issue. So maybe that's why it seems to be bigger than it is, as each new release has 10 new HN stories posted about it and also how the NSA is the Most Evil Thing Ever.
  - nitrogen 13y ago
    I'm tired of hearing on HN "oh democracy is dead, the USA is run by the rich and by mega corporations". No, the issues your keep hearing endlessly brought up on HN every day are in fact not as popular to the rest of the USA as you think. Those statements are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

mattmanser 13y ago

I'm tired of seeing the endless variations of this vapid comment. This is a news article! Guess what, this means other people care! Wow!

res0nat0r 13y ago
There is also reporting every day about who ate the most elephant ears at the local fair. It doesn't mean more than a handful of folks either care, or read something just because it is in the paper.

brendanobrien 13y ago

I'd love to know where the fact(s) that support this "majority" come from.

res0nat0r 13y ago
The fact that you don't see any major movement besides small select groups here and there protesting about the issue and anything real being done about it. I'm tired of hearing on HN "oh democracy is dead, the USA is run by the rich and by mega corporations". No, the issues your keep hearing endlessly brought up on HN every day are in fact not as popular to the rest of the USA as you think. The Guardian is doing a great job improving their reader base by stretching out these Snowden revelations and keeping their traffic high for the minority of folks who care about the issue. So maybe that's why it seems to be bigger than it is, as each new release has 10 new HN stories posted about it and also how the NSA is the Most Evil Thing Ever.
- nitrogen 13y ago
  I'm tired of hearing on HN "oh democracy is dead, the USA is run by the rich and by mega corporations". No, the issues your keep hearing endlessly brought up on HN every day are in fact not as popular to the rest of the USA as you think. Those statements are not necessarily mutually exclusive.