"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair HN is a sort of social network

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair HN is a sort of social network for coders. Anytime I post something about the evils of advertising, I attract enough downvotes to usually cancel out if not override those who see my points. I can see this as I watch the vote tally constantly go up and down. The sad thing is that the downvotes represent not that my comments are low quality and unworthy of HN, but that they are threatening to a culture that is sadly, for the present at least, beholden to advertising for its very survival.