[Jtsummers]

You're responding to someone who believes DOGE is getting rid of corruption in government while Musk is capturing contracts for his own companies. There's no point in responding to people like them. They aren't based in reality.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43036122

[lcnPylGDnU4H9OF]

Hard disagree with this take. There is certainly a purpose responding to them. Whether or not their opinion is changed comes down to them.

[Jtsummers]

If the individual is living in a fantasy land, then any responses here will be discarded by them as fantasy themselves. Someone who legitimately believes that Musk is fighting corruption when Musk is also directing contracts to his own businesses is in a fantasy land.

If the individual is trolling, which could be the case here, then responding is just feeding the troll. It encourages them.

The better thing in both cases is to ignore them. At most, respond to the comment, but not the individual, with facts (like that Musk is directing contracts to his own companies) so that others don't fall into the same fantasy land.

[lcnPylGDnU4H9OF]

It does not seem like we disagree.

> At most, respond to the comment, but not the individual, with facts

There is still a purpose for the response. It may not be for a particular reader, but there are other readers. It would be worth it to flag and move on if there is nothing to engage with but that’s not the case here.