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- Is politics allowed now when people feel shit's hitting home.
- No. If anything the more real it gets, the harder people put the hammer down on it.
Makes them feel bad, see, and people don't come to HN to feel bad.
by krapp - Wondering when did political discourse become so prevalent in hacker news? I have now become accustomed to it being normal, but I remember the hacker news of 10 years was not like this.
Why has this become so normal? I miss the days where this was focused on technology and, well, hacking.
Can we stop engaging this political commentary please.
by mannanj - The hacker community has always had a strong political element to it, what else is the GNU GPL but a statement of political intent? Anything which deals with the allocation of power and resources is political.by BoxOfRain
- You may not want to engage with politics, but politics will engage with you.by Philpax
- Maybe something external changed and not HN? Can’t quite put my finger on what has changed in the last decade…by phoghed
- So much winning. So much peace. This president should get another FIFA Piss Prize.by freitasm
- 'The Iranian regime is unpredictable, as seen by its recent decisions to attack areas in the region without warning or provocations ...hmmm...remind me again: who started this without warning of provocation?by cjbenedikt
- “Without warning or provocation” lol.by rayiner
- Where you were for the last 47 years? Turn on the news.by wseqyrku
- The United States of Israelby an0malous
- UAE, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt, if you don't want to have to hit the link.by AnimalMuppet
- I mean clearly there are so many expats in these countries, especially the wealthy onesby charlieyu1