This is mostly the financial sector generating revenue and shipping/receiving. There's not really a lot of actual production going on since that's what really backs the funny money you referred to as "generating GDP."

read the comments. The HN community is ecstatic. It's good to see there are a few who understand basic economics but politically, the folks here at hn are not much different than over at reddit lol

Very liberal.

The comments here are disturbingly similar to reddit. Is HN broken or what?

HN has been reduced to reddit over the previous few years, sorry to say. Yes, it is broken. Some cool hobbyist projects get some attention here and there but a cultural tumor has metastasized among its audience.

or stop using google search. the idea that reliable search results are exclusive to google is a delusional lie that lazy people tell themselves, hoping everyone else will believe it too.

No, actually that's been deprecated for years due to establishment consensus.

You actually need mrna from a specific federally approved corporation for that feature to continue to function as expected.

cool kids? unreal.

That's a negotiation tactic that wouldn't work so well if the employees realized that a robust economy provides them opportunity to also treat their employer as replaceable.

if you want to live in my house, and within the safe and comfortable legal framework of tenancy in a property lease contact, then you have to pay competitive market rates to live there.

"Pay your fair share" to the "rent seekers" if it is a place to live that you are seeking...

This falls apart when the rent seeker refuses to sell, or prices the sale out of the reach of first time buyers.

I can't square a landlord running empty properties when the economy colludes to keep people from buying properties.

Homes should not be straight up financial instruments.