> Taking shortcuts, as these people have done and were punished for, is not how it's done. The guy interviewed was Griffin and was in there for drug possession

> Taking shortcuts, as these people have done and were punished for, is not how it's done. The guy interviewed was Griffin and was in there for drug possession—not exactly taking shortcuts. There are many people who work hard and go to prison for other reasons. Saying "Taking shortcuts" and insinuating that all people in prison lack the job skills (ignoring the fact that being in prison makes it extremely difficult to find employment even with skills) implies laziness, but saying "these people" is a tricky way to reduce an entire population into a single characterization. Some would consider this classist or racist given the the classes and races which make up much of the population of prisons. I'm emphatically not accusing you of this, given that I would imagine people on HN would be above that, but A) you should be sensitive to it, not only for those in prison but also for all the people who have people in their lives who are in prison, and they may find this painful or offensive. But also B) remember that directly going after people with money is sometimes shortsighted. We share the same culture regardless of income, including (importantly) much of the internet, so taste and internet traffic may be dictated by people who come from literally anywhere—Cristal was built from a nothing brand into a billion dollar industry by being name dropped in hip-hop music, and lost business after racist/classist comments leading to Jay-Z boycotting them. Not everyone in prison is going to have what it takes to do a startup, but they should also not be ignored. Some of the richest people in America were born to poverty, so don't discount them immediately. I say this as a member of the target audience of pretty much everyone on HN and an immense fan of Trailer Park Boys.