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A Hacker News town would be awful. A bloated mess of JavaScript powered "smart" things connected to a surveillance capitalism advertising dystopia.

• lostlogin 4y ago
  It would be a libertarian paradise.
  • sangnoir 4y ago
    AKA real-life Bioshock 1 sequel/DLC without the superpowers. Remote location (check); next to the ocean (check); owned by a corporate/millionaire bringing in like minded people (check and check).
    • ETH_start 4y ago
      Sad to see libertarianism conflated with anarchism. The existence of a state, that does not violate people's rights, is perfectly consistent with libertarianism, and is arguably essential to it.
      • mercer 4y ago
        > The existence of a state, that does not violate people's rights, is perfectly consistent with libertarianism, and is arguably essential to it. the 'original' libertarians (anarchists) would probably agree...
        • isityouyesitsme 4y ago
          The modern form of argumentation on display here: "I'm not going to argue against what you say you believe, I'm going to assert you believe something else and attack that, or group you with people who believe differently than you and argue against that."
          • guerrilla 4y ago
            I mean they just stated a fact, it's not an argument. [1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism#Etymology
          • mercer 4y ago
            What are you on about??
  • _ofdw 4y ago
    A libertarian paradise is a corporate dystopia.
  • bsagdiyev 4y ago
    So overrun with bears and falling apart? https://newrepublic.com/amp/article/159662/libertarian-walks-into-bear-book-review-free-town-project https://newrepublic.com/amp/article/159662/libertarian-walks...
  • ETH_start 4y ago
    That would be Hong Kong, before the CCP takeover.
• mordae 4y ago
  Ooh. I am getting BioShock vibes.
  • game-of-throws 4y ago
    Alexa, would you kindly turn on the kitchen lights?
    • dtgriscom 4y ago
      ... pretty-please? Aw, c'mon...