I'm not into politics. I've only managed to vote twice in my life. I thought the social analysis of how things happen was interesting, such as this fascinating nugget about how rich people operate:
Although their power may sometimes be used to influence the result of a particular vote, it is often deployed more subtly, to shape public narratives about which problems deserve attention.
Only because you chose to derail it and, unfortunately, you were the first person to post a comment, following which the piece appears to have been flagged off the front page.
Congrats. You have furthered your goal of making sure this gets as little attention as possible while dominating the conversation here.
Yup fully agree. There are better forums for politics. It's just distracting reading this crap everyday. I'd like HN to stick to pure tech. Leave out geopolitics/economics/psychology/random deep science articles/philosophy please. Most people here have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to this stuff. And there just much better places on the internet for it.
Considering representative politics, it could certainly be worse if influence increased as wealth decreased. People living in total poverty are probably not going to make the best macro-level decisions.
Poverty is a systematic problem. Poor families do not have the time or money to give their children opportunities to succeed. Everyone should have a voice in politics. Not just the the people who are born into wealth.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 35.5 ms ] threadAlthough their power may sometimes be used to influence the result of a particular vote, it is often deployed more subtly, to shape public narratives about which problems deserve attention.
"Someone explain this idiocy to me in a way that doesn't just boil down to America has lost it's soul."
I don't think that makes me political, personally. Just human and not happy with the state of the world.
Anyway this sort of proves my point, we have derailed.
Congrats. You have furthered your goal of making sure this gets as little attention as possible while dominating the conversation here.
Are you trying to suggest he should not post this because he is (not so) secretly politically minded?