I would recommend not linking to jwz's website. Use web archive or something if you have to. jwz dislikes Hacker News and intentionally shows an NSFW image when Referer header shows Hacker News.
The interests of the petit bourgeoisie (entrepreneurs, et al), the professional management class and that of skilled workers sometimes overlap. I think those overlaps would probably translate to some overarching strains of belief, for example, the tendency toward libertarian viewpoints on HN.
Sorry for the tangent, just had to get that out of my head!
> those overlaps would probably translate to some overarching strains of belief, for example, the tendency toward libertarian viewpoints
The opposite is actually true, in my experience. Hardcore libertarian views on HN have been largely quashed into irrelevance, they only survive in lore. New commenters who join and expect HN to be a nest of hyper-capitalists are quickly downvoted into oblivion. Which is not a terrible thing in the great scheme of things, from the personal perspective of somebody who would likely dislike their point of view; but it has definitely taken something away from the HN experience, and possibly pushed some people towards worse (more radicalized) forums.
Is there still somewhere on the web, perhaps on Reddit or another platform, where you can find such posts and discussions?
If they exist it would be wise not to link it here, or else the same fate would befall the new community. My advice is to search for a small community around a niche topic (say a specific text editor or programming language).
Having seen a few threads recently (notably "Parler off AWS") where those views seemed quite exuberant, I'm not sure they've been quashed; maybe dormant until the right thread comes along?
Why, what's the back story?
You can watch this if you have an hour.
Anyway, thanks!