[skhunted]

It’s absurd that 10 people can make that much money in a couple of days. No one should have as much wealth as those 10 people do.

[olddustytrail]

That's true, but you're not likely to get much support for such on a site that's basically built on capitalist ideals.

[toomuchtodo]

I’d like to think it was just an unfortunate reality of this period in human history that a VC fund had to do okay for HN to exist, in the same way an industrialist might patron MOMA.

Two servers and a handful of mods to run something so unique and powerful seems…cheap.

[skhunted]

I fully expect the downvotes. America since Reagan has largely embraced the greed is good mantra. American evangelicals who profess to follow the Bible would downvote a comment that quoted the Bible by saying that the love of money is the root of all evil

[legitster]

It is absurd, but also the miracle of modern wealth is that it's not a zero-sum game.

Even if you are in favor of redistributing wealth or ending extractive institutions, a rising tide raises all boats.

[locopati]

"a rising tide..." ummm are you paying attention to the last 40 years in the US? wealth disparities rivaling the Gilded Age

[skhunted]

a rising tide raises all boats.

The analogy to tides is not apt.

[Eddy_Viscosity2]

The billionaires own all the boats.