I had a similar trajectory, but I would add that she lost me when she started sucking up to public figures and corporate interests I despise.

People like musk and bezos and ai hype et al.

Made me realize I was projecting some aspects of her interest in rational thought all wrong.

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antithesizer 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

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tomhow 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes.

Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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NitpickLawyer 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Sabine is european, we kinda have some experience with alternatives to capitalism here, so... Yeah. That's not a valid criticism, on anyone. Just because you get points online for saying capitalism bad doesn't mean it's not the best out of everything we've tried so far...

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gdbsjjdn 4 days ago | parent [-]

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NitpickLawyer 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I ... Uh... That's not what capitalism means. Sorry. We have plenty of capitalist countries w/ great healthcare, and social programs. Capitalism means "free market" + rules. If you're unhappy about something, fix that, don't throw the baby with the water.

	▲	gdbsjjdn 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I love that the two replies to this post are "capitalism isn't actually when wealth concentration" and "fascism actually isn't when right wing authoritarians take control by demonizing ethnic groups and imposing austerity".
	▲	capitotal 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> "free market" + rules A contradiction! Some system.

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Mainan_Tagonist 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe because what you call "Fascism" isn´t Fascism and, as far as i know, nobody wants to gut our (varied) social programs, but we are just conscious that in some cases, said programs are failing, unsustainable due to resources misallocation and/or grossly mismanaged.

Having a slightly more dynamic entrepreneurial scene, where one is allowed to fail for instance, would be nice.

In my view, the way forward and the example to follow is Switzerland, not the US.

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Aunche 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Why should you expect her to have the same opinions about Musk and Bezos as you? Do you think that everyone who likes them have nothing of value to contribute?

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owebmaster 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I mean, Elon Musk? Yeah, someone still thinking great of Elon Musk might add a negative value

	▲	Aunche 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		"might add a negative value" can be said about anyone. Many high profile engineers at SpaceX who revolutionized the industry have given high praise to Musk that is significantly more specific than what you'd expect from merely appeasing his ego.
	▲	lo_zamoyski 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		This view seems mostly driven by his political associations with Trump, and his recent behavior on places like Twitter/X, which you have to distinguish from his other activities. That being said, I thought the idolatrous fawning over Musk about 10 years ago, by the same people who now hate him, was obnoxious and sickening even then. Which goes to show: simply wait 5 minutes for the mob's little gods and petty messiahs to fall from grace, before they move onto the next celebrity to worship.

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shavvxh 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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