If you want to tell me why you think my comment was downvoted, go ahead. If you don't, don't. I'm not going to play some kind of "If you ask me, I will tell you. Please ask me so I can tell you!" game.
My impression is that HN's readership is mostly left-leaning. Not necessarily pro-communist, but the left does also lean toward communist and socialist ideas. If you disagree with one of those assertions, feel free to say why. I might be wrong about HN's readership, but that is my impression.
It's the same on reddit. Large corporations (who are running the show) are themselves putting out this propaganda. Many are right to point out the "Large Corporations" as part of the problem. However, they don't see the greater pattern. As our world becomes ever-more automated, the labour market requires less human workforce. Once the "top" of society have completely automated their profit making, they no longer have a use for the rest of humanity. Hence the propaganda of "You lot are the problem" and everyone is like "oh yes, we're the problem".. WELL, NO. THEY are the problem. What's the solution? Cryptocurrencies and balls of steel, I guess. The whole show is organized and humans no longer form a part of the picture for the overlords so rather than clean up the environment themselves and ALLOW (yes, allow) the use of alternative CLEAN energy, their next ploy is to convince us that we're useless CO2 breathers who are taking up space in their back yard and are no longer necessary - and that "we're the problem". Well, we're THEIR problem I guess... IF we actually did something about it.
> As our world becomes ever-more automated, the labour market requires less human workforce. Once the "top" of society have completely automated their profit making, they no longer have a use for the rest of humanity. Hence the propaganda of "You lot are the problem" and everyone is like "oh yes, we're the problem"
That may very well be the elephant in the room. In all the talks about AGW/climate change, biodiversity, etc, I've never seen anyone talk about the issue of increasing automation and unemployment, and how they may be connected politically.
If increasing automation results in increasing unemployment, that could result in increasing social unrest. What better way to prevent that than by reducing the population. And what better way to do that than by convincing people that we're killing the planet and need to stop having babies.
I don't know about grand conspiracies, but as far as emergent behaviors, it's very interesting.
Can you give me an example of the kinds of politics that one of these "soft right wing" people would have? Because if you think that most of HN's readership is "soft right wing," I think you're either wrong, or your definition of right/left is different than mine.
My impression is that HN's readership is mostly left-leaning. Not necessarily pro-communist, but the left does also lean toward communist and socialist ideas. If you disagree with one of those assertions, feel free to say why. I might be wrong about HN's readership, but that is my impression.