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Comment by redundantly

5 days ago

No. Stuff like this benefits those behind HN and many who frequent this site. The political-neutral face HN puts on is a farce.

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dowager_dan99  5 days ago

I'd like to think "no", but we've debated a lot of dumb shit written by famous-in-some-circles people over the years.

I'd also push back on HN ever having been politically neutral. I think 20 years ago it was "politically naive" or "politically ignorant", but that's not the same thing.

pavlov  5 days ago

Did pg really think through the timing of this essay?

Whether his intention or not, releasing this right now feels like it's part of a concerted effort by the SV ultra-rich to convince their fans that Trump Is Good Actually.

  • diggan  5 days ago

    > concerted effort by the SV ultra-rich to convince their fans that Trump Is Good Actually

    If that was his intention, wouldn't he make an article calling for the end of wokeness and everything related to it? Instead of saying something that can be summed up as "There are bad parts of wokeness, and there are some good parts"