Why is everyone so downvote happy on this site now? Its kind of nuts. Are there really a bunch of sad people just reading through the comments for things that

Why is everyone so downvote happy on this site now? Its kind of nuts. Are there really a bunch of sad people just reading through the comments for things that they disagree with to downvote? Maybe you're a communist you thinks taxes should be 100%, fine, but why downvote this? Do you think your socialist utopia is just a few HN downvotes away?