Yes, you have convincing points. I guess I just don't like the way most of SV works.
At the same time, I really have a preference for people who didn't sign up for this kind of risk (I.e. most companies are Seed-Series B companies who understood the risk that the company might fail, but not the risk that their company had all their cash in one bank that failed), to not be laid off as a result of this.
It's a tough time.
Furthermore it is unlikely this will even affect anyone that is actually vulnerable like workers at Walmart for example.
Regardless, you're not replying to a thread where anyone claimed that the government should bail anyone out. You're replying to a thread where I mentioned that taxpayers are going to foot this bill one way or another. Either because the government does bail out the bank, or because regular taxpayers lose their jobs in the fallout.