The Burning Platform
theburningplatform.com · Group blog · on HN since 2009
The Burning Platform is a political and social commentary blog with posts on the middle class, government, and American decline.
What HN saysHN commenters link it as a source for contrarian political takes and early coronavirus reinfection claims; they give little opinion of its quality.
17HN people shared it
6linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1Foundation and empire is donald trump the mule2 people · first shared 2017
- 2Foundation – Fall of the American Galactic Empire1 people · 16 points · first shared 2017 · 5 comments on HN
- 3Living in a Potemkin World1 people · 8 points · first shared 2021 · 1 comments on HN
- 4Who Destroyed The Middle Class - Part 31 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 5Signal: Why .GOV Hates It1 people · 2 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 6Egyptians Love Us for Our Freedom1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 7The Fragile Generation1 people · 2 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 8Government Lotteries: Like Rats in a Cage?1 people · 2 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 9DECLINE, DECAY, DENIAL, DELUSION, & DESPAIR1 people · 2 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 10The Minimum-Wage Fight, Chinese Factories, and the Rise of Robots1 people · 2 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 1180 year old Harvard study claims to have found the secret to health, happiness1 people · 1 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 1210 YEARS LATER – NO LESSONS LEARNED1 people · 1 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 13Are you smarter than an 8th grader from 1912?1 people · 1 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 14Winter of Our Discontent Meets Fyre Festival1 people · 1 points · first shared 2019 · 1 comments on HN
- 15Hubei doctors warn of even deadlier coronavirus reinfection causing sudden heart attacks1 people · first shared 2020
What HN people wrote when they linked it
nacker · 2013-01-03
Mother, should I trust the government?
http://www.theburningplatform.com/?p=45633
Fnoord · 2026-01-01
Why not? Have you tried? I have, must've been almost 30 years ago now, at Wageningen University. They taste quite well, if well prepared (they were). Insect burgers are also nice. I liked Damhert's insect burger [1]. People just think too much it looks like [2]
[1] https://www.jumbo.com/producten/damhert-nutrition-insecta-groenteburge…
[2] https://www.theburningplatform.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/adoboe-s…
benibela · 2020-02-27
There are reports that you can get it a second time, and it is worse on the second time:
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2020/02/15/hubei-doctors-warn-of-ev…
iicc · 2019-08-27
One possible explanation: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2018/07/08/the-most-intolerant-wins…
petewailes · 2017-03-28
When you read part two, you realise just how far this guy has gone off the deep end. https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/03/27/foundation-and-empire-is…
"Trump has been underestimated every step of the way for the last two years. He has thrown sand into the gears of the political establishment, made up of both parties, and controlled by Deep State players used to getting their way. Trump was able to use his powers of persuasion to overcome the left wing media propaganda and motivate a large swath of disaffected Americans to come over to his side. The never ending barrage of misinformation and fake news spewed by the Deep State controlled media ignores the fact he won 53% of the white women vote, along with huge numbers of union workers from blue collar states like Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Indiana."
...and later
"The staged violent response by the billionaire funded left wing faux anarchists, fake news Russian conspiracy propaganda, and NSA/CIA/FBI campaign to discredit and/or overthrow the Trump presidency is the kind of response you would expect from a dangerous threatened animal backed into a corner. The establishment will not relinquish control without a bloody drawn out fight to the finish."
The man is well off the deep end into being a Trump apologist and conspiracy theorist.