Emile comments on Is ruthlessness in business executives ever useful? - Less Wrong
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Who does? Americans in general? Libertarians? Lesswrongers? The general impression I get is that it's rarely considered better than a necessary evil, but I could be wrong. To my ears your post sounds a bit like "Many people think that it's good to eat babies. However, I don't think so, and here is why ...."
You may be right. I had this comment particularly in mind when I wrote the post, but even if it resonates with what I've heard a lot of people say in the past, that's not equivalent to a polling result.