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No, you're not missing anything. HNers and techies in general lean to the right-libertarian corner, and with that comes a common belief that when the government gets involved in something, they'll mess it up.

It is against HN rules to call out a commenter for having not read the article, and earlier comments set the tone of the discussion when a post hits the front page. For many posts, by the time it hits the front page, the top-voted comments often include hot takes from someone who just saw the title and wrote a comment about whatever they imagined the article to be.