> I'm a consequentialist so the intention doesn't change anything for me. What does that even mean? If you buy a lottery ticket and you win then it was a good

> I'm a consequentialist so the intention doesn't change anything for me. What does that even mean? If you buy a lottery ticket and you win then it was a good idea, if you lose it was a bad idea? That is absurd, sometimes an idea pans out, sometimes it doesn't. There's no way to tell beforehand. You're also making it sound like investors losing 200K on a failed startup is some kind of crime against humanity. It's not, it's the risk that investors take.