There comes a point where it has to be faced, because to hide it is to lose everything.

This is sadly one of the last few places online where rational discussion of the topic by at least some mostly smart people is at all likely to happen. It's also one of the last few places where discussion will get pretty instantly shut down if it devolves into chaos, so let's all at least try our level best to keep those discussions either productive or interesting.

the associates - if not owners - of this very site are involved in a coup, "keep politics off HN" isn't some neutral statement, it's an endorsement.

Keep looking the other way when the world is burning down. Great policy!

Considering that Silicon Valley exists within the US, it's significant that the US has turned into a dictatorship — the implications are beyond political on this one.