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"Shame on the author for making such a ridiculous blanket characterization about entrepreneurs that discounts their sacrifice, in the name of brain-dead socialist ideology."

What part of that was not a call to emotion?

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Yes I admit that part conveys emotion, but that's not the part the parent commenter was citing. I think emotion has its uses, like defending entire classes of people from being unfairly denigrated by simplistic blanket characterizations.

Who is being denigrated?

The entrepreneur with a large equity stake. The entrepreneur who sacrificed and bled to build a company.

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