This coming from the blowhard-in-residence. You're a "bridge troll" (in your words) of Y Combinator News. I'm surprised you get anything else done.
Eco isn't writing a novel here, he's simply musing over current events in a short article for a broad audience.
> I'm not a WL supporter
Keep up the good fight. There is a desperate need for valiant defenders of the status quo like yourself.
> but I'm worried that the effect it's having on public discourse may be bothering me even more than the underlying principles.
Yes, you're constantly bellyaching against individual rights at the expense of the poor misunderstood government.
I'm not sure if people upvote you because they actually agree, or if it's because of the phenomenon that people who act like authorities can fool the easily impressionable (as with snake-oil salesmen, energy healers, mediums and psychics).
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This coming from the blowhard-in-residence. You're a "bridge troll" (in your words) of Y Combinator News. I'm surprised you get anything else done.
Eco isn't writing a novel here, he's simply musing over current events in a short article for a broad audience.
> I'm not a WL supporter
Keep up the good fight. There is a desperate need for valiant defenders of the status quo like yourself.
> but I'm worried that the effect it's having on public discourse may be bothering me even more than the underlying principles.
Yes, you're constantly bellyaching against individual rights at the expense of the poor misunderstood government.
I'm not sure if people upvote you because they actually agree, or if it's because of the phenomenon that people who act like authorities can fool the easily impressionable (as with snake-oil salesmen, energy healers, mediums and psychics).
Oh please. A new account, just for that?