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Jeremiah Johnson
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Jeremiah Johnson writes Infinite Scroll, a personal blog at infinitescroll.us about politics and culture. Since 2023, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 55 times, most often “Ugh, Capitalism”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-14, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Jeremiah Johnson's posts, notably the 'Ugh, Capitalism' piece, are linked as examples of anti-capitalist commentary on economics and work. Commenters cite them, and some call them unsupported.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The Politics of Posting and the Social Internet.
Most-linked posts?
- Ugh, Capitalism6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2023-05-17
- AI Hype and the Search for Meaning2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-02-21
What Hacker News says?
This is just conjecture without proof, followed by a lazy shot at capitalism. https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/ugh-capitalism At the very least, provide some citation that a 20 cent increase in production price would cause a 2 euro increase in consumer price, as you claimed.
Comment linking /p/ugh-capitalism
on “Denmark will plant 1B trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest”Submitted Marc Andreessen as Avatar for Societal Decay as a story · 41 points
HN discussionIt isn't some complicated masterstroke. The adults are not in the room anymore. https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/there-is-no-plan-theyre-just...
Comment linking /p/there-is-no-plan-theyre-just-morons
on “How the 2025 US Financial Crisis is Different than 2008”Submitted Posting Is the Most Powerful Force in the Universe (2023) as a story · 30 points
HN discussionThe "Ugh, Capitalism"[0] articles always seem to assume that capitalism started in the last 20 years or so. Which is obviously false. If the company lost its culture of safety that's definitely bad, but of course that culture developed under capitalism in the first place. How does a constant factor (capitalism) explain a change? The finance industry is a much larger part of the US economy than it has been in the pas…
Comment linking /p/ugh-capitalism
on “How Will the Golden Age of "Making It Worse" End?”Submitted In Defense of Mr. Beast as a story · 7 points
HN discussionThe leap from a leftist take on vaporwave straight to "fashwave", as if it is a binary, is certainly something. > even young people who aren't very "woke" can tell something's wrong at the heart of capitalism. Current techbro capitalism? Who really likes it? There's (valid) critique of the current economic status quo, and then there's "Ugh, Capitalism": https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/ugh-capitalism - and from my ti…
Comment linking /p/ugh-capitalism
on “Utopian Scholastic”Submitted Technology Profanes the Sacred as a story · 6 points
HN discussionKind of an "Ugh, Capitalism" take - https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/ugh-capitalism
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on “The Elite's War on Remote Work Has Nothing to Do with Productivity”Submitted Why Live Streamers Go Insane as a story · 6 points
HN discussionFor example it is cool to be anti-capitalist - and many people knocking capitalism are just signaling for status: https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/ugh-capitalism (probably HN off-topic because politicised.)
Comment linking /p/ugh-capitalism
on “The Carrot Problem”Submitted The Most Important Decision You'll Ever Make as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Four Theories of Meta as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Weekly Scroll: YouTube's AI Problem as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Interview: On the Edge with Nate Silver as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Weekly Scroll: Rotten Apple as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Activism is not a Social Club as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Internet Book Club: The Anxious Generation as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ugh, Capitalism as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Internet Is More Real Than Real Life as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Video Is Impossible as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Telegram Matters as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Social Media Ruined the Daily Show as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Who wins the next era of the Internet? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Literally Violence as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Persistence Beats Talent as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted 13 Things I Learned Reading a 225 Page Report About the Gaming Industry as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Read Web Fiction as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Weekly Scroll: Elon's Endgame as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Video is Impossible pt. 2: Exceptions Make the Rule as a story · 2 points
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