[craigvn]

Yes, in some countries the idea that if you don't have a job or are low income that your children's health should suffer is considered pretty inhuman.

[TheOtherHobbes]

I'm eternally bemused that the US considers itself entrepreneurial and pro-business when it doesn't get this.

Then again, if your cost of entry is much lower and more people can bootstrap from personal savings, they're all that much less likely to need investors just to stay alive, or to put up with demands for unicorn growth.