Why are the far left politicians who attacked founders for … - Paul Graham

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Why are the far left politicians who attacked founders for their "greed" when rising stock prices increased their net worth, as if they'd taken that money from everyone else, not commending them for their generosity now that falling stock prices have decreased their net worth?

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Paul Graham (born 1964) is an English computer scientist, essayist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. He is best known for his work on the programming language Lisp, his former startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo! Store), cofounding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his essays, and Hacker News.

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