alt Hacker NewsWondering 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.
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BoxOfRain • today at 9:02 PM
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.
Philpax • today at 8:46 PM
You may not want to engage with politics, but politics will engage with you.
GenericDev • today at 8:45 PM
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Maybe something external changed and not HN? Can’t quite put my finger on what has changed in the last decade…