My high school english teacher told me utopians become fascists and at the time I didn't know what he meant by that, but I've been on HN since 2010 and I've watched it play out first hand.
> I've been on HN since 2010 and I've watched it play out first hand
Care to unpack that for the rest of us?
Nearest example I can reach is Elon Musk. Somehow he loves the culture novels but ends up being an evil piece of shit which is counter to basically everything the novels espoused.
Ah yes, the famous Shakers of Sabbathday Lake who were eventually seen in jackboots marching across New England.