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saltcuredyesterday at 8:58 PM1 replyview on HN

Because both are really just totems for an actual discomfort about rent-seeking capital operating in abstract realms that just tangentially touch some relatable life experience.


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foxglaciertoday at 12:21 AM

Oh. Now that explains basically all the popular but inconsistent or controversial beliefs people have. I guess it's why you can't reason with someone about a political issue - the issue isn't the thing that's important to them, it's something more abstract that it represents.