Agreed. A lot of people here are benefactors of the current economic reality brought on by the past 10 years or so of radical expansionary monetary policy and t

Agreed. A lot of people here are benefactors of the current economic reality brought on by the past 10 years or so of radical expansionary monetary policy and they will completely reject any criticism of the financial system and refuse to acknowledge the validity of any alternative views. I think probably as you say, it comes down to a lack of empathy. The startup scene is generally cut-throat and devoid of any empathy or higher principles besides money. So this is not surprising. They probably wouldn't like to acknowledge this about themselves either - Just like colonists of past centuries, many successful people today refuse to confront the simple reality that good lives are invariably built on the suffering of others. Ironically, it is successful people's collective inability to see this which makes it self-fulfilling. The name of the game is "coerce then moralize" and it hasn't changed much since colonial times.