> That's a pretty big difference in our viewpoints and while HN currently tends towards yours This is an interesting phenomenon no matter what the topic is - I

> That's a pretty big difference in our viewpoints and while HN currently tends towards yours This is an interesting phenomenon no matter what the topic is - I experience it too. It's human nature to feel counter culture. I believe HN is pretty strongly pro-capitalism for reasons that are obvious due to the nature of the site. I don't think small business owners are innately more deserving of money. They still make money off the backs of others, just at smaller scales. Competition is important to make capitalism less sociopathic but small business owners aren't meaningfully competing with Amazon. Also to be clear, I think all advertising is unethical. It's a spectrum for sure though.