I have trouble taking people seriously when they use “fascist” as a blanket term to discredit people they don’t like.
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#22When I first moved to the Bay Area, San Francisco was described by one person to me as "quite conservative actually." At the time, that seemed unlikely. However after a while, I can now see why this is the case.
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#23The VC and other capital allocator class stands to gain a LOT from the current administration. I think after like 100M+ levels of wealth, "morals" and "ethics" go out the window.
Historically the economy has largely done worse under Republican administrations; while individual VCs may gain something/a lot, overall they lose.
This just means this with lots of capital can buy things for cheap. This is not a downside. Overall, they win.
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#24When I first moved to the Bay Area, San Francisco was described by one person to me as "quite conservative actually." At the time, that seemed unlikely. However after a while, I can now see why this is the case.
If you had much empathy for the downtrodden you couldn't stand to live at the epicenter of the homelessness crisis.
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#25I noticed that too, so I used this as a test case:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44588392
it hours to get it flagged where a Trump/Musk criticism gets flagged in a few minutes.
But it was flagged. I really really doubt HN is "pro-fascist", but I think it leans to the right because it is the rich that funds their projects.
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#26YES. Practically all posts to articles that -- legitimately expose the fascism AND gain sufficient attention -- are quickly flagged and deleted.
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#27I have trouble taking people seriously when they use “fascist” as a blanket term to discredit people they don’t like.
I have trouble taking people seriously when they refuse to call things what they are because they don’t want to admit it.
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#29There is a lot of fascist or fascist-adjacent behavior/opinions in the Trump/Musk crowd. Despite this, flagging Trump/Musk-critical articles doesn't make you fascist, and implying it does is an unnecessary provocation that only makes things worse and more bitter. A vicious cycle.
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#30I have trouble taking people seriously when they use “fascist” as a blanket term to discredit people they don’t like.
I have trouble taking people seriously when they refuse to call things what they are because they don’t want to admit it.
Trump has given power back to the states for various things and seems to be consistently anti-war. Musk has been pushing the idea of starting a new political party to better represent the people and is for less regulation and smaller government.
This doesn’t sound like a couple of fascists.