As I said, the decision is somewhat justifiable.  But there are plenty of comments like <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10888145" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10888145</a> which show no awareness of how policy actually translated into economic effects.<p>I believe that you should either make the decision with full awareness of consequences, or else make the opposite decision.  But don&#x27;t make the decision and then be dishonest about what the consequences were.