News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party' by earthtolazlo on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:42PM (#14135406)
We already have a political party whose primary function is to represent the interests of well-off city dwellers. They're called the Democrats.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party' by devwastaken on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:44PM (#14135419)
Perhaps you could make a much more informative comment instead. Reddit is a nice place to just say things, but HN is nice because of information.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party' by seizethecheese on Monday April 17, 2017 @08:04PM (#14135501)
Perhaps you could make a much less condescending comment. Reddit is a nice place to be condescending, but HN is nice because people are generally kind.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party' by 67726e on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:45PM (#14135422)
To be honest, HN is not all that much better if you're not a fan of the chosen party and it's liberal inclinations. You just get brigaded to death.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party' by s73ver on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:52PM (#14135454)
It's not really a chosen party. It's a flavor of some kind of techno-anarcho-libertarian capitalism.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party' by bluejekyll on Monday April 17, 2017 @08:24PM (#14135586)
Don't leave out the communistic-socialistic-opensource portion of the group, which has an awkward dependent relationship with the capitalistic group
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party' by s73ver on Monday April 17, 2017 @08:27PM (#14135598)
True. In truth, there's probably more than one faction.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party' by griffinmmahon on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:46PM (#14135430)
They're also called the Republicans.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party' by earthtolazlo on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:51PM (#14135449)
I'm not disputing that. My point was that this article is just a poorly thought-out mishmash of "centrism" and more representation for constituencies who are already very well represented on a national level.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party' by griffinmmahon on Monday April 17, 2017 @11:16PM (#14136198)
Sure, agreed! But it's not like the two parties are all that different in that they both act on the interests of wealthy elites.
Re:America Needs a 'Metropolitan Party' by s73ver on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @01:00AM (#14136600)
The whole "both parties are the same" argument has been disproven quite a bit. At this point, it's just a sign of intellectual laziness.