That's a useful argument to have. I'd respond that all that wealth wasn't "transferred" to the SV capitalist. It was generated because millions of people saved a few dollars on airfare. Some of those savings went to the capitalist, but they can't all have: His price then wouldn't be any better than the friendly travel agent down the street. The rest of those savings stayed with the consumer, who can now afford that much more air travel or that many more organic carrots or whatever. In aggregate, when it becomes cheaper and easier to do X, there's more money or time to spend on X or Y or Z, and let the most valuable products and services win.

But all of this is somewhat beside the point. This article doesn't try to spur these kinds of discussions. If it were trying, it wouldn't use phrases like "fat miserable drooling zombies". It's agitprop, and there are much better uses of HN readers' time.