You're not going to get a real response. They're here. They literally just ignore it. It's too inconvenient of a truth. It's much easier to just point fingers at poor immigrants than to actually give a shit about the corruption of rich people.

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TheMiddleMan a day ago | parent | next [-]

They've also been primed to ignore it, citing "fake news". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie

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Eueudhsbsj32 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

> You're not going to get a real response. They're here. They literally just ignore it.

But that is the real response. All politicians do some things that you disagree with, so even if you hate some of their behavior, you can still end up supporting them if on balance their policy decisions are more aligned with your interests.

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jazzypants a day ago | parent [-]

I see what you're saying, but ignoring something is withholding a response by definition.

Generally, I accept slight dissonance with politicians on matters of policy. I don't think it's okay to accept politicians blatantly breaking the law and sneering in the face of culpability.

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Eueudhsbsj32 a day ago | parent [-]

That's true and what makes poltical topics frustrating and mostly pointless to discuss online.

There's very little incentive to engage with the topic in an intellectually honest way. Most would prefer to only contribute in a way that paints their team in a better light.

I guess that's why any political topics should be avoided on HN. Even with perfect moderation, one can't avoid the biases of individuals selecting when to or not to contribute to a discussion.

	▲	jazzypants a day ago \| parent [-]
		It's literally impossible to avoid politics on any forum. Everything is politics. Politicians create the laws that govern society. If you want to associate with other people in that society, you need to be able discuss those laws. There's no escaping it no matter how uncomfortable it makes you feel, and attempting to moderate it out of existence is an exercise in futility. How on Earth do you imagine that a forum like this would discuss things like AI regulation without discussing politics? Beyond just regulation, there's inflation, tariffs, copyright, immigration... All of these things affect tech workers every day. A forum without politics is an absurd fantasy.