Hacker News tries to avoid political news in general, but it seems warranted in this case because Musk is a major figure in the tech industry, and also because it appears he’s using a small number of young engineers from his companies to gain access to and control over systems at OPM.
When did I suggest it's not serious? I suggested you can go be serious elsewhere. Humanity has lots of horrific things to offer which are serious yet don't belong cluttering up HN.
You might want to read "What to Submit." Did you submit this because good hackers would find it interesting, and it gratifies your intellectual curiosity? Or did you submit it because you're angry and it's "fucking serious?"
Hacker news is 60% pop culture clickbait at least. Actual new stories of tech oligarchs taking over the US government is more relevant than most of the links.
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Do not flag this guys, this is our world. It’s very serious.