[workbench1_3]

You are not wrong, but not all stories (about politics, crime, etc.) are created equal. This one is about an ongoing war, which may soon end or escalate, and that it may cause an arms race (which may have been underway for some time) with implications altering the world order permanently. I suspect more than a few HN readers may be affected by this, and are therefore interested in this article.

[nathanaldensr]

Everyone says this when it's a political argument or perspective they agree with. Not everyone agrees with the same perspectives; that's precisely what leads to flame wars and back-and-forth non-intellectual bickering. HN has been taken over by these threads since Trump was inaugurated, and especially since DOGE came into existence. Many of us don't find these discussions intellectually stimulating, especially on a website titled Hacker News.

[AnimalMuppet]

And especially when it's the 57th such thread this week. (Not an actual count...)

I mean, look, you can at least make a case that we're in an unprecedented historical situation, and we should discuss that. But it shouldn't be as dominant a topic as it is, not here. If I wanted /r/politics, I'd go to /r/politics.