<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>hristov</author><text>Unfortunately sometimes laws are made not for the best benefit of society as a whole but for the benefit of a powerful or well positioned minority. Now check out the Colorado law. It says that non-competes are forbidden except for four exceptions. Check out the fourth exception:&lt;p&gt;4. Contracts with executive and management personnel and employees who constitute professional staff to executive and management personnel.&lt;p&gt;There is an actual clause covering secretaries! So you can be sure your secretary will not go working for a competitor. You do not have to think hard to guess who had this law written for themselves.</text><parent_chain><item><author>paxys</author><text>California has proven for decades now that getting rid of non-competes is good for the economy and good for workers. It&amp;#x27;s bizarre that this move hasn&amp;#x27;t been copied in every other state, especially among those who routinely invest large amounts of money to try and become &amp;quot;the next silicon valley&amp;quot;.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Employers who violate Colorado’s non-compete laws face stiff new penalties</title><url>https://www.gunder.com/news/employers-who-violate-colorados-non-compete-laws-face-stiff-new-penalties-including-jail/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>toomuchtodo</author><text>&amp;gt; It&amp;#x27;s bizarre that this move hasn&amp;#x27;t been copied in every other state, especially among those who routinely invest large amounts of money to try and become &amp;quot;the next silicon valley&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Some states are more friendly to labor exploitation than others.</text><parent_chain><item><author>paxys</author><text>California has proven for decades now that getting rid of non-competes is good for the economy and good for workers. It&amp;#x27;s bizarre that this move hasn&amp;#x27;t been copied in every other state, especially among those who routinely invest large amounts of money to try and become &amp;quot;the next silicon valley&amp;quot;.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Employers who violate Colorado’s non-compete laws face stiff new penalties</title><url>https://www.gunder.com/news/employers-who-violate-colorados-non-compete-laws-face-stiff-new-penalties-including-jail/</url></story>