I think there is a crowd that kneejerk downvotes ideas they interpret as anti-capitalist, without reading the argument.

An example: I am not a Marxist. But I think the Marxist question of "surplus value" as an ethical question is relevant and interesting. I pointed it out on HN a few times. Again, without being a Marxist, just intellectually curious. Nobody ever asks me if I am really a Marxist. I get downvoted pretty severely when I point it out. I get an impression that they smell a whiff of the opposing sports team and turn negative.

Ugh, such strong language. Please censor it as M*rx or, better yet, "literally Satan".

I don’t ask people if hey are really Marxists because when I have in the past I get accused of “pigeonholing” their idea(s)

*they

There are very many lucky people who are now fierce libertarians on HN these days.