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It'd sure be nice to start moving away from all the politics submissions.

• bwhite 17y ago
  If politics were less important (more or less == "if government were smaller and less intrusive") it would be less interesting and submissions about it would crater. It's the same reason why SCOTUS nominations are so contentious now. Previously the Supremes had both less power relative to the other two branches and far, far less power to actually impact the lives of regular folks.
  • icey 17y ago
    The problem is that political submissions are by nature very contentious. Just because they get upvotes doesn't mean they belong here. Half the population will agree, and the other half can't downvote. I don't think may people flag them because of all of the other political submissions that have ended up on the front page lately.
• cwan 17y ago
  I think where interests of startups and government intersect, a few political submissions have definite relevance. As was argued to me (though I'm not sure I agree it's the case with this healthcare bill but I digress), a healthcare system with more universal coverage might make it easier for some people to quit their jobs to create new businesses. Privacy concerns and government recordkeeping also seem to be of definite interest. This particular submission deals with the difficulty in getting the facts through mainstream news networks while at the same time we also see a lot of popular submissions about the death of mainstream news (not sure if you define these as political)... there just might be a relationship there.