HN commenters are up in arms when e.g. Google stakes a claim on the off-hours output of their current employees. They would be even more furious if Google asserted ownership of future income of former employees. And if Google further claimed a right to lifetime earnings of former employees... I can only imagine the tone here. It's unfortunate that HN brings out the champagne when governments take similar predatory actions.

> that's a real sign of just how far American greed has gone

Glib support of expropriation shows just how far American collectivism has gone. Naked envy and resentment hiding behind a fig leaf of public mindedness.