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Entire thread of HN seethe over "the collapse of the US"- Handmaids tale , Republicans Bad , EU Good its all here.
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HN is indiscernible from /r/politics now. Rich people get fancy passports because of a lack of democracy not because they are scared of the US losing democracy. In the US a bunch of r-slurs can vote for wealth taxes and student loan gibs and 60% marginal tax rates and you still get SF tier social problems. Or you can go somewhere with 0% capital gains and income taxes and they execute pickpockets and the homeless.
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Not really. I mean, you might get danged for "flamebait" on HN if you noooootice too much, but Hacker News, unsurprisingly, has loads of people who prefer US capitalism to the Euro version. Also, /r/politics is Trump Derangement Syndrome all the time, which HN really isn't.
/r/politics is indistinguishable from a Democratic Party astroturfing campaign.
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@dang ensures that no one posts anything flame bait worthy (the democrat party line at the given time).
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dang is a filthy jannie, although unlike almost all others he at least does not do it for free. But he doesn't really ban everything that goes against the Democratic party line at the time. I mean, for example you can openly criticize climate change alarmism on HN without getting jannied. But he will bring out the mop for stuff like race crime statistics.
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Ehh, it seems lately you'll get your comment [dead] or post flagged if you suggest republicans aren't literally hitler.
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Well, flagged is from the other users, not from dang.
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That's true.
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step up neighbor
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you'd have to post r-slurred wingcuck shit for dang to get involved
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this is extremely dramatic, this particular thread attracted angry lefties like honey, but this radical shit wouldnt fly in 90% of threads on HN.
A lot of HN rightoids choose not to engage as it's usually zero sum game, but any legit popular thread you'll see what the balance is. This one had 64 upvotes+113 comments, a standard shit tier thread. But there is absolutely no doubt HN is more right leaning than the vast majority of the internet.
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Snapshots:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40011105:
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so true snaps
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I have a strong feeling that if America Collapses, not only will a lot of Europe. Like Italy, Greece, and Malta.
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No I'm sure an entire societal collapse of the US would leave the EU unaffected
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The EU relies on US nukes as its primary defense.
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If Europe Collapses Greece will almost instantly launch the Great Crusade against their fellow NATO member and mortal enemy, the Perfidious Turk, and either win and S A V E E V R O P A or lose and Ottoman Boog Part II Financial Irregularity Edition will commence. Regardless, it would be very dramatic to see a dumber reenactment of the Peloponnesian Wars, but with F-4 Phantoms, Leopard IIs, Cobra gunships and big hovercraft
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I would put my money on the sequel to this magnum opus being the outcome.
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I know a rich guy that got a passport and his destination(s) had nothing to do with long term stability in those countries. He did it because he could live like a king there with his US income and always get residency somewhere else if needed.
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Lmao it's all richstrag vacation home countries where everyone evades taxes like crazy and the American dollar goes a long way towards great food, drugs, and women.
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There are as many people of Maltese descent living in fricking Australia as they're are in Malta lmao. Must be a real stable country
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love when gigabrain marxoids (pseudointellectual poors) still repeat that bullshit about capital
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Your average internet commie gets his opinions from crumbtubers watching other crumbtubers
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