I&#x27;ve upvoted you because I feel you&#x27;ve received some unfair downvotes here.<p>Anybody who&#x27;s been on HN for more than a month knows there is a set of topics that will trigger massive discussion threads, for which there is a generally accepted community opinion.  If you go against those opinions, you will be downvoted.  Go ahead: try saying that you&#x27;re against the very idea of a basic income for all citizens in a BI thread.<p>The downvotes on the parent post are IMO a symptom of that.  I&#x27;d defy anyone to tell me exactly which one of the rules at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html</a> this his&#x2F;her post is breaking, besides, perhaps &quot;posting perennial flamewar topics.&quot;  And, if you have to call this a flame war topic, I would suggest that actually proves my point.