Maybe it's always been this politically one sided and I just hadn't noticed until now, I just always saw it as a place for cool tech and real discussions. But now I'm noticing liberal comments are incentivized and anything remotely non liberal (like this one) are flagged into oblivion. I guess this means I should probably spend less time in comment sections, content just seems skewed now.
You don't have to like it, but it is certainly the context everyone is operating in. Only one POTUS started a trade war right now. If that's one sided I don't know what to tell you, it's also a fact...
"American economy actively being dismantled. Voters shocked that leopard ate THEIR faces."
We aspire to a higher standard here.
It's hard to imagine what "nuanced" takes one can make in good faith. The traditional defense of Trump's tariff threats that I've heard the most is that he isn't planning on actually doing it, that it's all 5D chess to force Canada and Mexico into concessions (whatever those may be). But that defense has been rendered obsolete by the fact that the tariffs are now here. So what nuance are you looking for, exactly? What is there left to say in defense of this economic policy?
I think what you're seeing as liberal comments are really a testament to just how batshit crazy the current administration is behaving. Regardless of your political alignment, this amount of chaos an uncertainty is generally disfavored by the markets, the economy, etc.
Edit - lol, and now I have the downvotes that prove HN isn't suddenly gone liberal - there's a big chunk of regulars who are FAR from liberal.
I was in shock, wondering how I would keep going without those internet points. I feel your pain, brother.
"IM SUCH A VICTIM TO THE WOKENESS" - Quelup
Trump is literally dismantling the US Govt and economy and you're complaining that someone mentioned it, when it's extremely relevant.