Here is dang's comment back when they banned Michael O' Church: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10017538

The year was indeed 2015, and his political content would fit OP's description, but the reason for the ban was that he was repeatedly being a total asshole, not "YC is scared of anti-fascists".

You know... one of the charges leveled at Michael was creation of sockpuppet accounts in various media (Wikipedia, HN, Quora). I suppose it could be within the realm of possibility that this is another one of these, given the oddly specific example in the middle of general musings. The fact that all follow-on replies have to do with this particular incident and nothing else in the post, painting the victim in the most positive light, makes this especially questionable. If I'm wrong, I apologize and wish the OP well, but I gotta say, it looks pretty sus to this observer.

MOC used role accounts on Wikipedia, which was considered acceptable for a while, but refused to stop using them and was banned. There's no evidence at all that he used sock puppets here or on Quora, and a strong case to be made that he didn't.

YC found no drugs, no infidelity, no criminal behavior, no unethical business dealings. All they found was... weird posts online in the 2000s.

https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2016/04/ looks like it.

Capitalism is a scam against the working class. I dont know how people can read things like this and not want a huge reform. The OP "just following orders" is ridiculous.

Also, whenever the question "where are the tech unions at," comes up ,its because the system crushes anyone who is slightly left leaning in this regard.

Excerpt:

You’d be one of the best people they’ve seen in years, and unlike the people around them, you’re honest and ethical. The thing that’s holding you back is… a reputation problem. People Google you and think, “This guy’s going to start a union.”

This is going to make it hard to place you. Guys like [name] don’t like people they can’t buy. If I were you, I’d start blogging again and come out against unions. Do that for six months, and I can put you anywhere you want to go.

Let me be honest. Most of us would just follow along...

>Capitalism is a scam against the working class.

Huh, I'm looking around at my large house, wonderful life I've provided for my family, nice car, fun job, sure doesn't seem like a scam.

I've noticed that people who have failed a lot or things aren't going well like to blame external factors, and often reach for simpler ones.

get born in the south side chicago and see how that works out for you to have a nice car and a fun job :) the main reason you have them is zipcode where you were born

My father was born in mexico, came here with his parents who worked in agriculture. He worked his ass off to make it to a comfortable, modest, middle class neighborhood. I didn't go to college, but found my way into the tech industry because it's about as close to meritocratic as anywhere else has been in human history.

Is it perfect? no. Is it better than everything else because of Capitalism? Yup...

I hope things get ever better and more prosperous for you and your family in the future!!

In some scenarios capitalism can work really, really well. but lose a job, have a health issue and you then see that it is just a house of cards that generally works for small fraction of the population. not that other systems don’t have their own issues (and more) but capitalism is always good in the eyes of the beholder and over time there are less and less happy stories (USA is perfect example, see graphs of income inequality/gaps over time…)