Everything in a society IS politics. From deciding where we order dinner from, to which framework we'll build upon. Politics is how groups decide on issues that affect all individuals in the group.

Absence of politics is an illusion. They'll still affect you regardless of you wanting to see it or not.

Not everything is american politics though. It does get tiring to hear about American politics non stop. We aren't talking about general social issues here, but about American politics. I wouldn't want to hear about Chinese local politics non stop either, and I don't think a lot of people browsing Hn would.

This is a good point - not everyone is directly affected by, or interested in, US politics, but, still, I think it's safe to assume most of the HN audience is going to be impacted directly or indirectly by what happens now in the US.

I'm also not interested in all popular topics on HN, but I'm OK with seeing a list of posts where only a few interest me. A different matter would be subjects that can be triggering to people, but I haven't seen complains about that.

I agree that american politics are in a league of their own, as they end up affecting a lot of people outside of the US. (I'm Canadian, so it's especially true for me!). I think the issue is more about frequency. Like, I get that some events are very relevant (elections, foreign policy, etc). But stuff like federal grants or whatever is... hard to understand without context!

Again, I totally get if this was news about civil rights, abortion, or whatever but I just don't see what most people outside of the US can make of information or articles like this.

I wouldn't mind an article that summarised or explained the first 10 days of the trump administration or something like that, but there's been a lot of posts like these recently.

Even the assertion of anti-politics and private property is in itself a political statement. This doesn't mean that we shouldn't be able to have non-political dinner conversations or discuss the latest releases on HN.

I mean sure... so is asphalt, roads, plumbing, toilets, etc. Most of us here use the bahtroom more often than we think about politics, especially american ones, so do we post plumbing questions here too? I mean... no working toilet would be a bigger problem for most individuals at that moment than whatever trump does.

I'm so tired of this line of reasoning, please dissect the political implications of wiping my ass backwards instead of forwards.

Using such a broad definition dilutes the term to the point of meaninglessness.

I agree with you because I'm not from the US. I understand HN is a page from California, so US centric themes.are most likely to pop up. But I do prefer to consume my US dose of politics circus from elsewhere.

So much of what these grants fund lead directly to a Show HN or an IPO announcement down the line. That line is now cut. If this can't pass the "unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon" test, what does?

Do you think politics doesn't or won't impact tech?