Please don't take HN threads on generic ideological tangents. They're tedious, extremely repetitive, and usually turn nasty. That's why the HN guidelines specifically ask people to avoid them.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

If anyone would like further explanation, you can find 7 years' worth here:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...