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Comment by rbanffy | Hacker News Reader

Why is this being flagged? It’s the FT, it’s factual, and we can deal with misconduct by flagging the individual comments.

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> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

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You think a major tech titan noping out to Argentina after burning down the system isn’t an interesting phenomenon?

I wish this were enforced broadly. Tired of seeing politics on the front page. I come here to avoid that crap.

Yes, 100%.

Can you describe what your idea of a “hacker” and their associated interests might be?

> Tired of seeing politics on the front page. I come here to avoid that crap.

Well, I quite enjoy getting this community's perspective on current events and political topics. I wish more people would care about the ways these things intersect with their areas of interest and expertise. One man's crap, I guess!

I come here for a fresh perspective on a lot of things, politics being one of them. When techbros hook themselves deeply into the government, entirely bypassing the political system, gaining unchecked power without any representation to back it up, I’d think it’s well inside a hacker’s interests.

At least, they pwned the government very thoroughly.

You don't get to use that selectively for things you disagree with.

Maybe dang can respond. I am curious if this was flagged by users or just censored by mods.

Flagging is generally a user action, that mods sometimes override. I think there's a karma floor but otherwise anyone can do it.

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