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this is not really about VCs as much as wealthy tech billionaires who have learned that no one listened to their political thoughts & beliefs, but they can now use their technology & money to circumvent the need to gain a democratic mandate. Peter Thiel has literally stated this strategy, and you've recently watched them all fall in line, even if it meant massive whiplash from their previously stated positions.

there's also something weird going on with the posts, i swear i saw the thread change in-between logins.

Reminder: when you are logged out, HN will show static cached content. Since there's no login session it doesn't have to compute parts of the page unique to the user.

When huge stories hit, and HN is overloaded, browing while logged out is the way to get through.

oh k thank you.

Saying "Something adds up" without elaboration is a dog whistle for conspiracy theory weirdos.

One of many such services: https://upvote.club/

It’s not a conspiracy, it’s a business model and PR companies use them.

>And all comments critical of the current regime are getting downvoted on HN.

there's always r/politics

HN isn't reddit.

that's exactly what I meant.