> HN, being a rather progressive forum HN, as in the site ran by a cutthroat venture capitalist firm... and you describe that as progressive? This is the same

> HN, being a rather progressive forum HN, as in the site ran by a cutthroat venture capitalist firm... and you describe that as progressive? This is the same VC that funded and financially enabled LendUP, which according to CFPB, was quoted saying "We are shuttering the lending operations of this fintech for repeatedly lying and illegally cheating its customers". https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-shutters-lending-by-vc-backed-fintech-for-violating-agency-order/ https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-shutt... No. A union is progressive. A worker cooperative ala Mondragon is progressive. These are corporate capitalists doing venture capitalist-y things.