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Re:CDC gets list of forbidden words by eksemplar on Friday December 15, 2017 @11:33PM (#15937696)
Because words and the way we use them change the world. HN is probably mainly a place of realism, but social constructs are playing an increasingly effective part in the world of politics.

On top of that it's another level of bullshit that distracts you from all the other terrible things the US government is currently doing. "They are censoring words???" - mean while the worst tax reform in US history is being passed to increase inequality to revolutionary levels.

Re:CDC gets list of forbidden words by forapurpose on Saturday December 16, 2017 @02:16AM (#15938295)
> HN is probably mainly a place of realism

Not far above that comment is the following:

Pretty much everyone who is not part of the elite ruling class is influenced by the Dunning–Kruger effect. We all think we have it figured out, and that there's no way they could pull the wool over my eyes like they do to those rubes, and don't realize that we are those rubes.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15937896

Re:CDC gets list of forbidden words by cmurf on Saturday December 16, 2017 @12:57PM (#15940694)
Tax policy is generally bad over the past 40 years of very low top tax bracket rates which need to be much higher.

U.S. diverging income inequality trajectory https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBGK...

Western Europe diverging income inequality trajectory https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBGK...

Full article. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/this-is-what-happene...

Re:CDC gets list of forbidden words by wildmusings on Saturday December 16, 2017 @01:59AM (#15938238)
>mean while the worst tax reform in US history is being passed to increase inequality to revolutionary levels.

You may be putting too much credence in the hysterical propaganda that sometimes passes as “news”.

Re:CDC gets list of forbidden words by eksemplar on Saturday December 16, 2017 @04:18AM (#15938628)
Being Scandinavian I think I can safely say that I haven't put too much credence into what Americans pass for news. :)

I have studied history and economics though, and typically you wouldn't want inequality to grow too far unless you want a violent redistribution of wealth. Considering America was already collectively crazy enough to elect Trump, I'd hate to see what happens when things get even worse.

Re:CDC gets list of forbidden words by sstone1 on Sunday December 17, 2017 @07:01PM (#15948409)
I totally agree with your assessment and it will get much worse if we do not impeach