>Is that what you meant by "very far to the right"? Is not being infinitely rabid against Trump/Vance/Musk count as "very far to the right" now?
Yes, political discussion has ceased to be rational and has degraded into merely emotional outbursts today. I'm trying really hard to stay away from any political discussion. They're all very predictable and I feel like engaging in them is making me dumber. I see a political post with 500 comments, I don't even have to read it to know the main arguments.
I see a political post with 500 comments, I don't even have to read it to know the main arguments.
It amazes me that in this day and age people still (500 as your example states is actually quite low for some of the political shit on HN lately) continue to "argue" and discuss politics. It is 2025, literally everyone is in their own echochamber.
minds of people that still use "X" are basically being ran by state-sponsored media (amazing no one realizes this, would wonder what would happen if say Hillary bought X tomorrow...lol), minds of other people are being ran by whatever other place they do their own research - in 2025 no one will ever be able to "convince" someone else about anything or "open their eyes" to what they are being subjected to - it is suuuuuuch a waste of everyone's time to discuss politics. then you have droves of people complaining that many posts get flagged - the flaggers I believe are just people trying to save 500+ people from wasting their precious time :)
Yes, political discussion has ceased to be rational and has degraded into merely emotional outbursts today. I'm trying really hard to stay away from any political discussion. They're all very predictable and I feel like engaging in them is making me dumber. I see a political post with 500 comments, I don't even have to read it to know the main arguments.