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The OP is fairly opaque in their acceptance of socialist ideas- perhaps if you disagree enough to comment the very least you could do is provide some substance.
by tjr225 8y ago
The OP is fairly opaque in their acceptance of socialist ideas- perhaps if you disagree enough to comment the very least you could do is provide some substance.
- chris_mc 8y agoI don't expect substance from Hacker News capitalists, they're the type of people who buy into the whole "if it's legal, it's ethical" stance of SV tech companies like Google and Facebook. I expect down votes and logical fallacy when I spout my pinko commie drivel here.
- ellius 8y agoI'm a counterexample to your statement about Hacker News capitalists. I certainly don't consider Facebook's behavior ethical, even if it is legal. But I also think democratic societies with capitalist economies have been the best of a lot of bad options. The human race has not yet designed any better system as far as I can tell. You seem to be picturing mostly the libertarian types, but there are lots of other shades of capitalism. I would consider myself a moderate capitalist: someone who sees the value in capitalism but feels it needs to be regulated.