i come here to read tech news and be part of one of the least toxic communities that's not my old irc channels.
as to politics, there's futurology and discussing sociology, and there's left vs right, "make mericuh gr8 agin" vs "gief all monies to poor" politics, which would put HN on some political brigade's list.
i don't have anything against future speculation and theorizing about conservative\liberal angles to automation and rise of AI or voting machine tech.
it'll be interesting to see what results the detox week will bear!