Politics vs Tech Debate

Comments argue that a particular issue or article is more political than technological, debating its relevance to Hacker News and whether politics and tech can be separated in discussions.

➡️ Stable 0.9x Politics & Society
3,220
Comments
20
Years Active
5
Top Authors
#4368
Topic ID

Activity Over Time

2007
5
2008
20
2009
20
2010
40
2011
51
2012
101
2013
205
2014
115
2015
139
2016
248
2017
242
2018
204
2019
210
2020
282
2021
244
2022
274
2023
210
2024
179
2025
383
2026
50

Keywords

US EFF HN VERY CANNOT IS medium.com i.e BUT GNU politics political technology tech technical technological politically inherently technologies documentation

Sample Comments

yosito Nov 17, 2023 View on HN

It's more of a political problem than a tech problem.

ksec Sep 9, 2021 View on HN

Sounds like politics more than technological. Although I guess it is unavoidable.

slg Aug 9, 2013 View on HN

The technology isn't the problem here. Politics is the problem.

2-3-7-43-1807 Feb 3, 2025 View on HN

maybe cause this is site is about technology and not politics?

imcritic Jan 3, 2026 View on HN

It should, but it's impossible: the line between politics and tech is blurry, everything is political to some extent.

lucaspiller Sep 1, 2017 View on HN

It sounds like this is more a political issue rather than a technological issue.

luckydata Jul 29, 2025 View on HN

that's not a technology problem, it's a political problem. You're trying to solve a political problem with technology?

GoodJokes Apr 17, 2021 View on HN

This is a political problem. Not a tech boi problem.

rejectedandsad Jun 11, 2021 View on HN

I understand the no politics rule but this is a definitive case of politics affecting tech. Shouldn't be flagged, imho.

rahuldottech Feb 3, 2020 View on HN

Tech and politics cannot always be separated. This appears to be one of those cases.