Lol, I agree about name-calling others (or saying that someone must be thinking something, as if the author can read minds), but you definitely aren't earning any good will with "btchsky". Maybe stay away from the social media you seem to not care for?

During ww2 in italy (and I guess elsewhere) some intellectuals participated in the war as well. Some on the side of the fascists, some on the side of partisans. And I doubt the ones in partisan groups would have discussed about mussolini in a respectful way

He’s a drug addict who goes around sig heiling, promoting seemingly every European fascist party he can find, and rambling about something called a ‘woke mind virus’. Like, it seems like a reasonable description.

dont blame hacker news for the abysmally sorry state of political and tech leadership right now. lots of people dont know this but there was a time when the statements of the President of the United States and his cabinet members / advisors were looked upon with some degree of reverential formality. now they are gutter trash on a daily basis.

That doesn't mean we have to lower ourselves to that level.

When in Rome, observe the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.

It's an accurate factual statement, not a drivel.

Absolutely appalling that our precious Elon is being criticized on this holy bastion of tech, HN. Truly this is a sign of a total cultural collapse. Perhaps our ilk is better suited not participating in social media at all.