[paulhauggis]

No, it's called hypocrisy and it's pretty clear.

But because he is the darling of the HN community (which seems odd, since many people here are interested in running startups), nobody cares.

I find the same thing happens with Al Gore. He made carbon credit laws that made him a billionaire and his supporters don't see this as filthy, corporate, greed. Yet, complain about the banks.

[illuminate]

The only way to adjust business practices in a society that fetishizes deregulation is transferring money around. If the businesses can't/won't self-regulate, some action will be taken within the boundaries of what America will tolerate.

A much better action would certainly be to regulate, empowering the EPA and international health/safety standards bodies and skip over the middlemen entirely.