Geopolitical forums similar to HN?
Fairly self explanatory. Similar to HN, but less tech oriented and more geopolitical policy/strategy oriented.
Thanks in advance to thread contributors.
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.
To be like hacker news it would have to be filled with actual insurgents, including some who managed to make their own countries.
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/
The neutral politics subreddit attempts to keep things objective and this might appeal to the hacker news fan.
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.
If you find those, please do tell!
Also, any sites discussing real code for trading bots :)
/r/geopolitics, but it is filled with real experts and has less outrage.
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
Financial Times comment section is top tier
I usually browse r/geopolitics
Twitter is good, start from @Halsrethink and branch out from there.
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.
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.
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