My other comment got deleted cause this was flagged while I was typing it. As someone who disagreed with the premise of the article, I'm ashamed that someone el

My other comment got deleted cause this was flagged while I was typing it. As someone who disagreed with the premise of the article, I'm ashamed that someone else would partake in censorship of this opinion. HN is not for one side or the other, and the expectation coming into HN should not be only finding people who agree with you. I'm certain that most of HN's audience disagrees with Paul Graham on fundamental political issues (including the fact that he disagrees with this very opinion in the article), and yet that hasn't turned HN into an ideological echo chamber where everyone disagrees with him. Flagging should be saved for spam or flame wars, not routine discussion of political issues relevant to startups.