Want an additional kicker? Watch how quickly we get downvoted for even mentioning this, and typically sans any reply or deeper discussion.
I'm not sure what social phenomena we're witnessing here, but it's very unsettling to me.
Want an additional kicker? Watch how quickly we get downvoted for even mentioning this, and typically sans any reply or deeper discussion.
I'm not sure what social phenomena we're witnessing here, but it's very unsettling to me.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18606070
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18612237
I love how all people talking about the second piece refute it, but it has over 30 upvotes.
Maybe it's not a social phenomenon, maybe it's the fact that people can vote and flag without that being public, on a site that requires nothing but a password, posting some generics about programming to get 500 karma and off you go.
The building on the new man, the Party man. It's logical, the Party wants no competition, wants to be the only ideology there. Islam is competition: Muslims look towards Mecca not towards the Politburo palace. So they'll mess with them, anyway they can. It's not personal, it's business (see Falun Gong, Tibet etc)