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What does that tell us? That HN trends pessimistic? That the HN audience is under-employed? Or something else?

I may be reading in between the lines but I believe OP's point is that HN leans more liberal which in today's political climate means more receptive of negative economic news (thus necessitating more intervention / change of government control) rather than positive economic news.

But again this could be way off base.

HN may lean liberal, but that would be primarily because half the commenters here are from western Europe, where even the conservative politics are frequently liberal by US standards.

Partially. Also partially because HN users are younger, and younger people tend to hate Republican ideas.

Younger and on the coast. West of I95 and East of I5 you'll find plenty of young people who may find certain social policy points dated but generally agree with republican ideas.

Actually, there was an article on the front page earlier today talking about this phenomenon (social filter bubbles) but it's long gone because everyone was complaining it was a dupe. Go figure.

Interesting. Thanks, I didn't go there at all and I believe ambiguous statements like these create a lot of the misunderstanding that we see in today's political climate.

You don't need economic pessimism to make the case for change in government. The malice and corruption in the executive branch makes the case on its own.

Or just that one contains more information than the other. That the US economy is doing fine is not exactly news.

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