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We're winning the battle! Empirical proof is at hand!

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Wheylous Posted: Tue, May 1 2012 9:16 PM

 

As some of you may know, I tried to organize an upvote drive in the Krugman AMA to bring attention to Murphy's proposal for a debate against Krugman.

I was met by a fierce downvote drive in several threads. Both by /r/libertarian (which feared their reputations would be damaged) and by non-libertarians (quite possibly /r/EPS).

I was even cited the Reddit Code of Conduct (which I contend I did not break).

So what does this mean?

I must finally give in to the empirical approach when the evidence is so overwhelming: The only possible conclusion from all the data... is that Reddit has decided to abandon democracy and one man one vote and to insteadfollow private contracts they've voluntarily signed with private entities.

Rejoice, my friends! We're winning the battle! The Reddit community has finally seen that organizing votes for causes is wrong and they're ready to abide by the rules set forth by the private company to which they subscribe.

I cannot contain my tears of joy. Join me in thanking the fearful libertarians and the EPS crowd. I love you guys.

In the meantime, we at /r/anarcho_capitalism upvote questions which challenge our viewpoint like the good like socialists we are. Shame on us for being inconsistent.

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