Tech and finance have wedded to each other and finance has lobbied for politics so hard.

So I don't think that tech and politics can be seperated from each other and this shows why.

Earlier, I don't think that appreciating Elon Musk was considered political for the most part (well I read his biography and I thought he was just interesting guy) but his recent acts on twitter (I refuse to call it X) etc. just show how bubbly even I or people who read his biography were.

After some new reports on him, I feel much more in disdain of man than not. My cousin still glazes Elon tho.

I feel like there is some dunning kruger effect at play here. I read his biography -> I feel smart -> I say Elon's smart previously on HN -> elon acts dumb as mouse with ketamine fueled addiction -> but I supported Elon earlier -> most people don't want internal contradictions so they will try to justify it -> Gets into glazing elon -> Flags people who give genuine criticism of the guy now -> gets to the far alt right

I feel like the problem is more so the extremism.

There are some real issues happening in the world and news is covering it but some hackernews users definitely flag anything that they find not fitting in their world order.

I just want to say that its okay to have internal contradiction because we are all human and we can evaluate people wrongly. Doesn't mean we have to stick with that.

I remember watching pirates of silicon valley when I was in middle school (it was in a pendrive connected to TV so whenever satellite connection got lost, I used to watch it), I even went ahead in school and gave a speech on steve jobs, next and everything so much so that the teacher (he was a teacher for such extra activities started calling me steve jobs)

Anyways, my point is that it was only later in life where I realized that althoguh steve jobs was a good businessman, how valuable steve wozniak and other underrated people are and how ethically questionable xerox's decision was and his personal life too...

I just want to say that there is a nuance about steve jobs as well, he was pretty rude to his employees.

Like I feel like there is just nuance to the whole situation that people forget in HN