A lot of people on HN also defend anti-unionistic behaviour. It may sound unrelated but they're both the result of the American zeitgeist's blind commitment to

A lot of people on HN also defend anti-unionistic behaviour. It may sound unrelated but they're both the result of the American zeitgeist's blind commitment to free markets and unfettered capitalism. To be fair, it's worked well for the US economy (e.g. Silicon Valley) albeit at the cost of increasing the wealth gap and general "late-stage capitalism"-y behaviour.