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Why is this flagged? It might be the most important thing to happen all year
> If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. [0] This is just way outside of the HN wheelhouse. The guidelines are pretty clear. - [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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I wish @dang would weigh in. Either unflag it (as I hope) on the grounds of it being a key event of high interest to curious people or confirm that this doesn't belong on HN (which would be a valid point, too).
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36456034 (EDIT: side note, it seems there is a surprising number of people for whom it seems incredibly important that this is on the front page, but that don't take part in the discussion about it. why? Something not being on the front page doesn't mean you can't discuss it!)
On the topic itself -- this war, and the world reaction to it, is a critical part of modern history and will likely influence political, military and technological developments for years to come. I would love to hear more smart people express an opinion on it. Flagging greatly limits this.
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36456034 (EDIT: side note, it seems there is a surprising number of people for whom it seems incredibly important that this is on the front page, but that don't take part in the discussion about it. why? Something not being on the front page doesn't mean you can't discuss it!)
For every thread that I comment on there are usually several that I read because I find others' comments informative or thought-provoking. Reading comments is basically why I am on HN. There may be the same dynamic in play here. On the topic itself -- this war, and the world reaction to it, is a critical part of modern history and will likely influence political, military and technological developments for years to c…
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That's kind of stupid - politics affect our lives whether we like it or not. Especially these kinds of events where Russia might collapse from within.
Yes but it’s part of how this site has avoided being sucked into the culture war vortex.
Nothing to do with a culture war vortex. Burying your head in sand is not necessarily the smartest option although I understand that it is the easiest one.
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That's kind of stupid - politics affect our lives whether we like it or not. Especially these kinds of events where Russia might collapse from within.
? There's a difference between not wanting to interact with this news, and not wanting to interact with this news on this forum .
You can simply not click that link. I don't think that I've hidden/misrepresented or clickbaited the title to force you to click... You may not want to interact, others may.
Why is this flagged? It might be the most important thing to happen all year
> If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. [0] This is just way outside of the HN wheelhouse. The guidelines are pretty clear. - [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
History of nations & psychology & huge geopolitical changes is indeed something I find very interesting. And I think I'm not alone as I don't believe that hackers have to be interested only in tech and nothing else.
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I'll say this, the guy is bold as hell. He's an absolute maniac and probably worse than Putin but he sure isn't afraid of anything. One can only hope he wrecks enough chaos make the war in Ukraine untenable. I'll also say this, Putin played his hand as poorly as humanly possible. He spent decades stockpiling loyalty and political capital with an iron fist and spent it all in less two years and has absolutely nothing…
I'll say one thing - I wish US generals would publicly speak our against our wars and the lies behind them.
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That's kind of stupid - politics affect our lives whether we like it or not. Especially these kinds of events where Russia might collapse from within.
Yes but it’s part of how this site has avoided being sucked into the culture war vortex.