This is not by itself a defense, but you're speaking relatively ("more and more"), so the obvious thing to point out is that things have gotten more and more extreme within the political right in the US over that time frame, and more quickly as time goes on. More extreme means more likely to break the "worth posting even though it has political content" barrier, wherever that bar is for each submitter.

Tech companies decided to throw out any pretense of being neutral and go all in with the current administration. In turn, the current administration is trampling on peoples rights and causing downstream effects.

> What's happening?

An overhaul of perhaps the single most important institution on the planet, the US federal government?

Even HN gets caught in political shitstorms, but you can quickly help filter them out by clicking the flag link and moving on to something else.

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