> But taking such a non-nuanced, instrumental view I feel like you make the discussion less interesting than it could otherwise have been. And because it was a

> But taking such a non-nuanced, instrumental view I feel like you make the discussion less interesting than it could otherwise have been. And because it was a "first comment", it then warped much of the entire discussion on the topic. This thread has 80 replies and 55 of them are to you. You are entirely correct, but unfortunately, I suspect that this is inevitable. Discussions of economic policy on Hacker News almost always end up in this same place.