> Repeat after me: all technical problems of sufficient scope or impact are actually political problems first.
From https://twitter.com/Dymaxion/status/464645883100139521
It's difficult (if not impossible) to divorce some political topics from technology.
Trying to neutralize political discussion is effectively a permanent ceasefire: It sides with the status quo (whatever that status quo might be) while maintaining the illusion of being impartial, but is anything but.
That being said! A lot of political discussion on HN isn't interesting and, from my understanding of the guidelines, doesn't belong here.