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It was never not broken. Only less broken than everything else. Nobody thinks it couldn’t be improved. That’s not what I’m talking about. There is a lot of ant
by mattmaroon 2y ago
It was never not broken. Only less broken than everything else. Nobody thinks it couldn’t be improved.
That’s not what I’m talking about. There is a lot of anti-capitalist propaganda on the far left. You can spot the buzzwords. They believe that anybody who makes any large amount of money in anyway, must have done something evil.
Which, fine, but this used to be a site about how to raise venture capital. I’ve been here since near the beginning so it seems weird.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoIf you can raise venture capital in a manner that allows you to create a profitable business that doesn’t cause harm (and those investors aren’t waiting to boot you or liquidate you if your trajectory sags), I believe HN is still serving its purpose, even if forum participants are aware of undesirable behavior of non venture finance. I also believe one can be pro HN/YC (I am, with some griping along the way) and anti-brutalist capitalism, because HN and YC in general is about enabling smart, scrappy people to build and grow something tangible with YC taking their cut for contributing towards enabling their success. TLDR The goal is building value and being rewarded for that value creation. I don’t think that’s at odds with moderated capitalism. You’re not wrong, you’ve just had a different window of time in which your perspective was formed (imho). (Thoughts and opinions my own, just an internet rando)