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Dave Troy
Personal blog · davetroy.medium.compoliticscultureeconomics
Dave Troy's personal blog at davetroy.medium.com covers politics, culture and economics. Since 2020, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “No, Elon and Jack are not “competitors.” They’re collaborating”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2024-11-04, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Dave Troy's Medium posts on Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey and Twitter's ownership, and on Utah's economy and political density. One commenter calls him a go-to source on Twitter conspiracies.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- No, Elon and Jack are not “competitors.” They’re collaborating4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2022-10-30
What Hacker News says?
Yes agree. What's the solution? But not sure about your comments about Dorsey. See https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competi...
Comment linking /no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d
on “Meta lays off 11,000 people”Submitted No, Elon and Jack are not “competitors.” They’re collaborating as a story · 29 points
HN discussion> Rich states tend to vote Democratic. It’s not that Democratic states lead to wealth. Drilling down further, it's more about density: > There's a decisive break between Democratic and Republican support at a population density of 800 persons/per square mile. * https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-04-01/how-the-d... * https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/2020-elect... > If you follow the red sta…
Comment linking /is-population-density-the-key-to-understanding-voting-behavior-191acc302a2b
on “Utah’s Economic Exceptionalism”Submitted World War III and Crypto as a story · 2 points
HN discussionMusk has been saying "I am the law" to multiple people. Like, saying that specifically. This dude is on a really out-of-control power trip. https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competi... --- Q: So Putin, Musk, and Dorsey share the same vision? A: It’s complicated. All seem to think a “multipolar world” is a good thing, because after all, shouldn’t Russia get to do its thing and not be bothered by an…
Comment linking /no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d
on “Elon Musk Explains Why He's Never Letting Alex Jones Back on Twitter”Submitted The “Big History” Behind January 6th as a story · 1 points
HN discussionMy goto guy for Twitter conspiracies is Dave Troy Q: This all sounds crazy. Doesn’t Musk want to make money by owning Twitter?* A: The goals are more ideological in nature. Musk and his backers believe that the global geopolitical arena was being warped by too much “woke” ideology and censorship, and wanted to fix that by first restoring voices that had previously been silenced —and then implementing technical and a…
Comment linking /no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d
on “If Elon Musk kills Twitter, what will he have killed?”It's a feint. He doesn't really care about advertisers. He and his cohorts have bigger plans for Twitter that aren't about money. https://davetroy.medium.com/no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competi...
Comment linking /no-elon-and-jack-are-not-competitors-theyre-collaborating-3e88cde5267d
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