> The crux of your argument — that “Ending economic inequality would mean ending startups” — is both a straw man (no one’s advocating eliminating income inequal

> The crux of your argument — that “Ending economic inequality would mean ending startups” — is both a straw man (no one’s advocating eliminating income inequality completely) and untrue (people can still pursue whatever they want — they just have to pay more taxes on it.) Will you get a 80% tax rebate on your opportunity cost if your startup, as most do, fails? Of course not, which means you've dramatically shifted the EV of the proposition.