[spacechild1]

Sad to see this flagged. Articles like these are exactly why I come to HN. Technology does not exist in a moral vacuum! You cannot reasonably keep "politics" away from this site when large tech companies are actively involved in killing people and destroying democracy.

[iammjm]

why did this get flagged?

[spacechild1]

Usually it's either

1. Certain users do not like "political" topics on the front page. But as I said, the very idea of "apolitical" tech news is naive, especially in times like these.

2. Some users want to suppress it because it goes against their own political interests.

Either way, it's a gross misuse of the flag button. I am wondering: are there any consequences for wrongly flagging submissions?

[red-iron-pine]

lotta tech bros in palantir, and they read HN too, mate.

[scarecrowbob]

Unfortuantely, while I do come here for these kinds of discussions, it's moistly because I've excised the sociopathic and nationalistic folks from much of my medua and it's much easier to find those values among wanna-be venture capitalists.

I "value" their opinions insofar as they have an outsized influence on our world:

I feel like if I want to stay tapped into the progress folks are making on building the Torment Nexus, this website is where I will find folks breathlessly cheering it on.