I've always had the impression that there's a strong right leaning bias on HN. I guess that means there's actually a good spread of opinions? Or maybe it comes across differently from the European perspective.
Regardless the DOGE/Musk stuff touches so much on technical/startup related stuff that it starts to become absurd to paint it as purely political and to say it doesn't belong here. There are very few other forums where people understand the security implications of someone having physical access to a server for example, or where the phrase "move fast and break stuff" is familiar to anyone.
This thread is a great example - there are comments holding the positions you're asking for. Luckily they generally don't seem to be doing so uncritically, but that's what we want from this forum, right?
Why are those comments not good enough in your eyes?
> limited government, free markets, private property, self-ownership, self-defense, and personal responsibility without dependence on collectivism—along with traditional social values and a recognition of natural social hierarchies based on merit and value
Yes those are what I mean as well when I say I find the HN hivemind to be quite far to the right :-) although I of course want to disagree with your phrasing implying that meritocracies are in any way "natural" in the social sphere.
Regardless the DOGE/Musk stuff touches so much on technical/startup related stuff that it starts to become absurd to paint it as purely political and to say it doesn't belong here. There are very few other forums where people understand the security implications of someone having physical access to a server for example, or where the phrase "move fast and break stuff" is familiar to anyone.