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U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests

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Post by staplers »

dontbeevil1992 wrote: post #179
umvi wrote: post #72

How did we arrive to this point where a huge chunk of the population is in one reality and another huge chunk of the population is in another reality? Segregation of information sources? Politicization of media outlets? Self-reinforcing social bubbles? A combination of all of them and more?

Hmmm idk... anyway, time to get back to grinding leetcode so I can go work at Facebook and make 200k instead of a paltry 150k somewhere else!!

The Social Dilemma should be watched by all tech developers and designers. The dramatic scenes are a bit campy but the interviews are incredible and biting.

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Post by watwut »

umvi wrote: post #72

How did we arrive to this point where a huge chunk of the population is in one reality and another huge chunk of the population is in another reality? Segregation of information sources? Politicization of media outlets? Self-reinforcing social bubbles? A combination of all of them and more?

A lot of lies and intentional attempts to build exactly this situation.

Also, issue is not polarization itself. Issue is that chunk of Americans wants to revert election.

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Post by vkou »

umvi wrote: post #72

How did we arrive to this point where a huge chunk of the population is in one reality and another huge chunk of the population is in another reality? Segregation of information sources? Politicization of media outlets? Self-reinforcing social bubbles? A combination of all of them and more?

We got there with brazen falsehoods that don't get punished in the marketplace of ideas, or at the polls, or at the gallows.

As it turns out, truth is a thing beyond price - which is to say, it is worthless.

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Post by NietzscheanNull »

patagonia wrote: post #258

Politics maybe off topic, but this is partially our fault. It’s always frustrated me that politics are largely unaddressed on HN. Not talking about it doesn’t make it not so.

At this point, I don't believe this story can be categorized as simply "politics." This is momentous historical event that's absolutely unprecedented in modern U.S. history.

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Post by dragontamer »

TehCorwiz wrote: post #26

Where's the tear gas and rubber bullets? Where is the national guard? There was more police response for a fscking photo op!

DC's National Guard just activated. It took a few dozen minutes, but its a full 100% response with 1100 troops allegedly being deployed.

I think the optimists were hoping that these protesters would calm down if given the space. But at this point, its clear that they aren't calming down and need to be met with more force.

Hopefully things remain somewhat peaceful. I don't think anyone's actually been hurt yet: just lots of property damage right now.

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Post by silexia »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #112

"Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections" - Przeworski In other words, the core concept of democracy isn't the elections or any of the other trappings, it's the fact that it's possible for one group to lose power, transition to another group and retain the possibility to transition back in a subsequent election to the original group.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2385 - this details the penalty for attempts to overthrow the government of the USA.

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Post by watwut »

saul_goodman wrote: post #215
umvi wrote: post #72

How did we arrive to this point where a huge chunk of the population is in one reality and another huge chunk of the population is in another reality? Segregation of information sources? Politicization of media outlets? Self-reinforcing social bubbles? A combination of all of them and more?

Regardless of what view point you have, it's become painful to watch/consume news on either side if you don't subscribe to their same left/right view point as what is being presented. The MSM has overplayed its hand over the past several years to the point they've been written off by their opposing sides. So that forces a dividing line so you don't even bother looking at the opposing news sources, and when ever you d…

No matter what is happening, it is important to remember that both sides are to blame. Always, no matter where the truth is relative to the sides.

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Post by Gwypaas »

umvi wrote: post #72

How did we arrive to this point where a huge chunk of the population is in one reality and another huge chunk of the population is in another reality? Segregation of information sources? Politicization of media outlets? Self-reinforcing social bubbles? A combination of all of them and more?

Single member districts coupled with todays media and social media.

This naturally leads to the natural balance being two parties, which has to oppose each other to the extreme in all topics, which then diverges further and further creating the US today.

Different variants of multi member districts or proportional representation allows for the both the progressive left and far right which today feel left out to form their own groups. They can then get into congress and slowly let the steam out while likely enacting some change which all can accept.

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