To be fair, it's only 3 or 4 people in the thread who appear to be of the authoritarian "do what the government says and get off my lawn" mindset. It just shows how easy it is for a vocal minority to dominate a discussion.

I'll join a new Hacker News with less SF startup coffee "10 things VCs say that you HAVE to listen to" articles if someone starts it.

I can probably be considered part of that vocal minority. Could you comment on what about this thread is so depressing to you?