[yahway]

I originally turned to HN to get away from politics, so it's disappointing to see one of the last remaining refuges being overtaken

[Grimblewald]

when it doesn't impact you, or your immediate future, it is fair to steer clear and consider it noise - but this is a textbook historical moment. This isn't cheap talk. These are real and national trajectory altering events.

What happens in these coming months defines a major historical event for the USA, which sets it's course for the coming century.

It may become a country which is directly hostile to you. If you are American and are ignoring this, then it is no different to getting mad your family is wanting to talk about the raging kitchen fire that is unaddressed and escalating because "so what, the stove top has fire sometimes, it's a gas heater, that's normal" which, sure, would be right, but right now the entire wall is ablaze.

You cannot ignore this one, even those of us in other countries cannot ignore this one, as we have to reconsider our alliance with a country that reasonably one can assume is in the middle of falling to a fascist regime.

This is NOT run of the mill politics. This is genuinely about the collective future of the Anglosphere.

[const_cast]

Literally just don't click on the post. I don't understand - I look at the front page and 99% of it is not politics.

So, you willingly and intentionally honed-in on the 1% you don't like... just so you can complain? I don't mean to be rude, but I don't think that's normal behavior.

[tanepiper]

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[hn_throwaway_99]

And it's their only comment. They went through all the trouble of creating an account to write a comment about how much they hate politics on a political post, when they could have just hit the "hide" link that's on every post.

[saubeidl]

To be "unpolitical" is a political statement in itself.

[0_____0]

There's a little button called "hide" next to each post on the frontpage.

[SkyeCA]

I am honestly so done with American politics infecting every single part of the English internet. Thankfully there is usually some refuge for those of us who speak more than one language.

[icar]

I'm interested. Any examples? I feel I'm on the same page as you.

[mindslight]

Go start a website for the tech scene in your country that presumably isn't in the process of being taken over by fascists? Us Americans need all the avenues to organize we can get.

And it's even topical here - this surveillance industry that grew out of many tech startups is itself at ground zero of this fascist takeover, both boosting extremist disinformation to drive "engagement" and also creating a crop of newly-minted elites with the audacity to kick over the whole apple cart of our American way of life.

[DoktorDelta]

You cannot "get away" from politics. Burying your head in the sand will not insulate you from what is happening.

[darkmighty]

Plato: "One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."

I don't love the phrasing of inferiors, but at least evil certainly applies. (Well thought out, well informed) Politics is a duty not a luxury.

[whyenot]

Why are you posting this on some brand new dummy account? If you feel so strongly about this, post your opinion on your regular account.