This is only a surprise to HN, because all the other threads about the corrupt US regime have been flagged before. I guess now is a good time as any to start paying attention. Who would've thought that attention is all you need?

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caaqil an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I like to think that you wrote this whole comment to sneak the paper title instead of it being an apt pun/nod.

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stinkbeetle 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

When you say "HN", do you mean you? Who else was surprised? The place is full of people constantly commenting about how bad the US is, how corrupt the government is, how terrible CEOs (particularly Altman) are, late stage capitalism, etc., etc.

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LoganDark an hour ago | parent | next [-]

You know those people have existed since practically forever, right? You learn to tune it out and then you never notice if they start being less wrong.

	▲	wslh 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I don't want to spoil Marty Supreme (2025), but there's a provocative line delivered by Kevin O’Leary (yes, the Shark Tank guy): "I was born in 1601. I’m a vampire. I’ve been around forever."

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spiderfarmer an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I’m one of those criticasters and I’m getting downvoted constantly. I don’t care about the downvotes. I do care about western countries slipping into fascism just because people are so proud to admit they voted for a stupid clown.

	▲	fnimick 5 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I'm more upset about the large group of people in the startup industry, possibly even a majority, who would be totally happy about countries slipping into fascism if they made a little more money along the way. Who cares about ethics and morality? Those aren't profitable!
	▲	LoganDark 21 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I think a lot of voters didn't know what they were getting the country into, or just were too ignorant or misinformed to notice, in voting for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party. There are actual fascists too, of course. I'm just disappointed that they won; the damage has already been immeasurable, and to some extent irreversible, and we're not even halfway into the term.

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ml-anon 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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