I am also worried that HN's moderation has a bus factor of one, and has effectively no recourse. That's a lot of community-shaping power in one person's hands, regardless of how good of a job dang normally does.
> You question people's motivation when it comes to submissions. Why not when it comes to flagging?
To me either negation is about the same but not a deal breaker because I can exercise reasonable judgement.
Well that explains why you're so against this type of article. You should reconsider whether the rot you're perceiving isn't in the West, rather than in Greenwald's brain.