Times have changed in a lot of dimensions. To name 2: 1) we have an AI thing now, and 2) the pope is American and more trustworthy than all of our current top politicians of both parties.
It's not like people are longing for times of papal authority, they're just looking for anyone at all with common sense.
15 years ago it was Pope Benedict, who was a pretty different figure. I can speak only for myself, but I would have had more cynicism about him than I would for Francis or Leo.
Times have changed in a lot of dimensions. To name 2: 1) we have an AI thing now, and 2) the pope is American and more trustworthy than all of our current top politicians of both parties.
It's not like people are longing for times of papal authority, they're just looking for anyone at all with common sense.
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Americans have an accent too, you know.
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Iran should have a nuke. Might finally bring some peace.
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> more trustworthy than all of our current top politicians of both parties.
Big if true. Has he addressed the previous rug sweeps about clerical child abuse?
Yes: https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-leo-tells-catholic-bishop...
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15 years ago it was Pope Benedict, who was a pretty different figure. I can speak only for myself, but I would have had more cynicism about him than I would for Francis or Leo.
That past HN user would be more shocked that Chrome is not considered the second coming of Jesus anymore, to keep the religious theme.
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Speculating, without evidence, that hidden forces are suppressing ideas that you prefer is low-value noise IMO.
Who said hidden forces? It's the capitalist overlords who are hellbent on replacing us humans with their machine laborers.
For evidence, you only have to look at the mass of flagged and downvoted anti-AI comments on this site.
It's not a hidden force at all, they're quite open about it.
Comments about flagging/downvoting and brigading are not permitted by the HN guidelines linked at the bottom of the page.
Are you the HN police? Lol.
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Please cite sources for those claims.
>and defends abortion before and after birth
abortion after birth? as in, killing a newborm baby? what are you even talking about
Like defending people who dump babies into bins? Or throw them into river? Because it is not murder at all!
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