I've always been a bit reflexively anti-business, having read horror stories about Monsanto, some of the large banks, and other unethically run (IMHO) corporati

I've always been a bit reflexively anti-business, having read horror stories about Monsanto, some of the large banks, and other unethically run (IMHO) corporations. However, I've noticed that many HN readers are extremely pro-business, while still hating the same companies and "evil" business practices that I do. Indeed there was a thread where HNers were severely dumping on Monsanto, which quickly got killed by PG, but which for me was the most enlightening thread I've read here. I've come to realize the (in retrospect obvious) fact that this is the correct attitude: business creates wealth, and is inherently good, and it is perfectly consistent to hate the practices of some large businesses while being pro-business in general.