[crawfordcomeaux]

Why does this comment get voted down? Which part are people against hearing/reading about? Is it the fact that the USA is an empire, the fact that its own journalistic efforts are propaganda, the claim that VoA is the biggest propaganda organ, or something else?

[lcnPylGDnU4H9OF]

It's a logically unconvincing point of view (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47424628) delivered with sarcasm. The sarcasm is something people have to ignore to post a substantive reply and it's not redeemed by making a strong point that's worthy of discussion.

[kasey_junk]

That the emperor is the one that shut it down in the first place. So some part of the statement is logically inconsistent.

[Schlagbohrer]

It is not logically inconsistent. The "Imperial Manager"ial class mentioned in the OP is multifaceted. That is to say, there are warring factions within the ruling class who disagree on details about certain things. (other things they are fully aligned on such as stamping down on the working class)

[kelipso]

Not really. He is just one of many imperial managers.

[wat10000]

It’s the sort of comment that does nothing to inform or convince or really say anything. If you already agree with it the you’ll like it. If you don’t then it doesn’t tell you anything. Its only purpose is to stir things up.

[staticman2]

Even if America is an empire and VoA is propaganda "Imperial Manager" doesn't seem very descriptive of what a judge does.

[crawfordcomeaux]

It does more describing work than what the word "judge" is doing here. So much so that it's controversial.

[mindslight]

It's using criticisms which generally aren't even well-received in good faith conversation, stating them obtusely, and ultimately just disingenuously abusing them to support fascism which doesn't actually seek to reform but merely seeks to consolidate power.

I've long criticized the US foreign policy and the US economic empire. But with the fascists destroying every institution they can, I've become extremely conservative.