Ask HN: Geopolitical forums similar to HN?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24028512

by toomuchtodo • 6 years ago

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Fairly self explanatory. Similar to HN, but less tech oriented and more geopolitical policy/strategy oriented.

Thanks in advance to thread contributors.

daodedickinson• 6 years ago

the conspiracy subreddit until it dies any day now?

I know that's far less than ideal but an open-source public Stratfor is kinda self-contradicting

rhyswallace• 6 years ago

The /r/Geopolitics subreddit is surprisingly solid!

Political bias is (supposed to be...) moderated to a maximum to foster only useful discussion. It has better days than others, but know I've definitely learned a lot from the discussions over there.

sudosysgen• 6 years ago

It is, but the moderators enforce a certain bias.

sixstringtheory• 6 years ago

there is also r/globaltalk

rapnie2• 6 years ago

..must either login or use the Reddit app to see comments :(

Edit: https://old.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/

softwaredoug• 6 years ago

The neutral politics subreddit attempts to keep things objective and this might appeal to the hacker news fan.

mellosouls• 6 years ago

For anybody curious (like me - thanks for pointing to it) that's presumably: https://www.reddit.com/r/NeutralPolitics

and not the left-wing r/politics.

Incidentally to non-US readers - at least on first look - the slant seems to be heavily USA-oriented, it doesn't seem at all geo.

kyrra• 6 years ago

I've been reading r/neutralpolitics for a while now, and it definitely is less left than r/politics, but conservative points are still buried in the comments. For any post talking about Trump or anything related to him, you have to browse comments using the "controversial" sorting method to see anything not progressive focused.

asddubs• 6 years ago

I honestly don't even understand what objective would mean in the context of politics. Isn't politics literally about the subject?

newen• 6 years ago

It's just objectively impossible to have neutral politics discussion in reddit because of the upvote system. Not to mention mods in almost every subreddit are (naturally) biased and heavy handed.

there_the_and• 6 years ago

To be like hacker news it would have to be filled with actual insurgents, including some who managed to make their own countries.

keiferski• 6 years ago

Indeed. The closest you’ll get to this would be the Café Central in Vienna, circa 1913. A recreation of this on the internet would be fascinating.

The café was opened in 1876, and in the late 19th century it became a key meeting place of the Viennese intellectual scene. Key regulars included: Peter Altenberg, Theodor Herzl, Alfred Adler,[2] Egon Friedell, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Anton Kuh, Adolf Loos, Leo Perutz, Robert Musil, Stefan Zweig, Alfred Polgar, Adolf Hitler, and Leon Trotsky. In January 1913 alone, Josip Broz Tito, Sigmund Freud, and Trotsky (the latter being regular) were patrons of the establishment.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Café_Central

MeanSpirit• 6 years ago

Reminded me of the Polish "Scottish Cafe" I learned about just recently (mathematicians-only, though!): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Caf%C3%A9

cpach• 6 years ago

Hitler, Tito, Trotsky, Freud, Musil... Quite a mix they had there.

tomjen3• 6 years ago

Theodor Herzl and Hitler in the same cafe? That is almost too much of a coincidence.

Pandabob• 6 years ago

I think that would be one of the most interesting forums on the internet.

agustif• 6 years ago

I definetly want to make my own country where do I signup?

simonebrunozzi• 6 years ago

I guess people would ask YOU where to sign up.

dustingetz• 6 years ago

apply.ycombinator.com

rapnie2• 6 years ago

Maybe where they are selling old oil rigs outside of territorial waters..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand

bryan_w• 6 years ago

If you have to ask, you don't have what it takes

paulsutter3• 6 years ago

There is a pie-slice of Antarctica that is unclaimed under the Antarctic Treaty System. Some guy in LA has claimed it as Westarctica[1], which is a pretty good name. You could probably go down there with a pistol and claim it yourself. Dress warmly. Would rank in the top 20 countries in square km (1.6M square km)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westarctica

asperous• 6 years ago

Under the Anartic treaty, most countries won't recognize new claims and new activity won't effect claims: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_System

widforss2• 6 years ago

This is a gross misrepresentation of the Antarctic treaty. The treaty effectively removed the relevance of any claim from any entity.

alanbernstein3• 6 years ago

Couldn't it just be filled with voters?

halfmatthalfcat• 6 years ago

Not a forum but I had been looking for a good geopolitical podcast and “Bro History” is pretty solid (don’t let the name fool you). Two guys from NYC, one lib and one libertarian/lean right. Good balance of real takes and banter. They do some domestic stuff too.

kartoshechka• 6 years ago

hltv threads

jonbaer• 6 years ago

It would be hard to get a solid context around just links, but beyond /r/Geopolitics much of well researched YouTube channels like Caspian Report (https://www.youtube.com/user/CaspianReport) and Quora (https://www.quora.com/topic/Geopolitics) are where I would start.

felipepater• 6 years ago

I love Caspian Report, really amazing content!

bordercases• 6 years ago

Twitter is good, start from @Halsrethink and branch out from there.

cvhashim• 6 years ago

I usually browse r/geopolitics

jonas_kgomo• 6 years ago

edge.org has the intellectual capacity of discussing multi-disciplinary issues however not in a forum style. This would be a great addition to the internet

alanbernstein3• 6 years ago

I haven't used these myself, but I read that discussion on betting sites is less emotional and troll-y. Presumably because people are more focused on being actually correct, rather than on ideology.

Example: https://www.predictit.org/

XFrequentist• 6 years ago

Very interesting observation, my own experience with GJP, metaculous, and other betting fora agree with this.

I wonder if an HN-like forum with prediction at its core would have legs? I always found the best comments in prediction tournaments at least as interesting as the actual estimates, but none of the platforms really support back-and-forth conversation.

nthitz• 6 years ago

The predictit discussions are pretty bad and troll-y...

Example https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/3698/Who-will-win-t...

alanbernstein3• 6 years ago

Well, I can't say I regret not checking first.

Rebelgecko• 6 years ago

A lot of discussion on PredictIt is people trying to lie/mislead/emphasize certain facts to perform a pump n dump

muzani• 6 years ago

Sounds like it might not even be intentional, but sometimes it's just really wanting something to happen, or betting on something because you really expect it to.

greffs• 6 years ago

If you want one that's genuinely similar to HN in terms of politics, in being excessively pro-capitalist and woefully dismissive of social justice issues, try https://reddit.com/r/conservative.

Like HN, they touch on geopolitics by assuming whatever the US is doing is generally positive and good for the world, despite evidence to the contrary.

It's not the most intellectual forum, but let's be honest, this place isn't really either.

golem14• 6 years ago

If you find those, please do tell!

Also, any sites discussing real code for trading bots :)

cscurmudgeon• 6 years ago

/r/geopolitics, but it is filled with real experts and has less outrage.

mamborambo• 6 years ago

As a HKer I am at the stage of my life when I suddenly realise how much geopolitics influence the course of our lives, and yes I would love to find a forum where smart and informed people have their discussions about the world's events. Should the world's affairs be left in the hands of only politcians? But most of them are so awfully dumb and self-serving! And why do ordinary citizens get no representation in world bodies like UN and WHO? The knowledge, understanding and application of politics and human rights apply to each and every person (even sentient being) on earth, yet most of us pursue spend our time only on economic or entertainment and not about the collective course of our species.

throw51319• 6 years ago

Financial Times comment section is top tier

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