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thegrim33 | 8 days ago

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dang|8 days ago

@dang doesn't work - I only saw this by accident. You need to email hn@ycombinator.com if you want reliable delivery.

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metalman|8 days ago

the photos from the current US presidential inauguration will show that there is NO seperation beween the largest teck companys and politics, or government policy, and legal frame works, with every tool/power availible to politicians bieng used to promote or restrict access to computer hard and software. Then we can get into how technology is bieng used by governments to wage war, and controll populations, manipulate stock markets, choose judges for favorable trial results, etc.

saubeidl|8 days ago

There is no apolitical. You think tech is neutral when one of its titans buys elections? The only one ideologically complicit is you if you choose to close your eyes to that reality.

dang|8 days ago

Nothing is purely apolitical, I agree. At the same time, we don't allow HN accounts to use the site primarily for political battle, regardless of which direction their politics take. This has been the standard for a long time: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme....

Since your account has been using HN not just primarily for this but, apparently, exclusively for this, I've banned the account.

If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. But please don't create accounts to break HN's rules with.