The parent comment was overly broad and emotional, sure, but the markets in this case were clearly defined by some kind of political mechanism. Blaming it on the politicians doesn't seem all that outrageous at all to me (as long as we don't start calling out specific parties and politicians, which would then obviously degenerate quickly into asshattery)
Just wondering. I agree it was simplistic and emotional, but I must have missed the baiting or other part that made it bad for HN. (Also, in all fairness, this entire article and comment thread is nothing more than an emotional internet lynch mob, out with their pitchforks and torches, ready to start the inquisitions and begin burning the witches, so compared to the article, the comment seemed rather tame and your response oddly incongruent)
At the time it was the only comment that was strictly political.
One sentence of support on each point to give people something to drop in Google would be enough to take it from "emotional drivel" to "bad idea, but not entirely useless."
The parent comment was overly broad and emotional, sure, but the markets in this case were clearly defined by some kind of political mechanism. Blaming it on the politicians doesn't seem all that outrageous at all to me (as long as we don't start calling out specific parties and politicians, which would then obviously degenerate quickly into asshattery)
Just wondering. I agree it was simplistic and emotional, but I must have missed the baiting or other part that made it bad for HN. (Also, in all fairness, this entire article and comment thread is nothing more than an emotional internet lynch mob, out with their pitchforks and torches, ready to start the inquisitions and begin burning the witches, so compared to the article, the comment seemed rather tame and your response oddly incongruent)