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I wasn't really talking about your comment, which is probably the only non-ad hominem gray comment so far. As for why you might be getting downvotes, I'd guess that "any system that limits how rich I can be is bad" is very disagreeable for most people and the voting reflects that.

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Well, I didn't say that explicitly, but I'd definitely agree with that. I'm definitely okay if removing corruption inherently limits the amount of wealth one can acquire, but a system that explicitly does that is antithetical to the value of non-aggression and is a tremendous violation of property rights.

Nevertheless, my objection was to the use of "voting as disagreement". That's what comments are for.

> Nevertheless, my objection was to the use of "voting as disagreement".

Oh, well that's a long lost fight. No matter how platform holders define a downvote, it has always meant I don't like this and there is too much inertia to change it.

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