> You can't end economic inequality without preventing people from getting rich, and you can't do that without preventing them from starting startups. And "sta

> You can't end economic inequality without preventing people from getting rich, and you can't do that without preventing them from starting startups. And "startups are good" is supposed to be so axiomatic that the discussion ends there. Here's what you're supposed to think: 1. Startups are good (duh) 2. Startups cause inequality 3. Inequality is actually good. QED! There is this idea out there, and it's especially dominant in SV, that the appropriate expression of creativity is in the scramble to get rich. Like if we didn't incentivize the creation of new ideas with massive wealth no one would ever do it. And it's very much related to that Randian superman narrative you have there.