I'm assuming this is a positive statement, not a normative one. I love how this undermines the basic functioning of the market via supply/demand. If demand is

I'm assuming this is a positive statement, not a normative one. I love how this undermines the basic functioning of the market via supply/demand. If demand is artificially restricted by taking money out of the pockets of consumers, how is "what to produce" decided? I think increasingly that decision is pseudo-centralized in VCs and other large investors who decide what businesses to fund.