The developer recanted swiftly: http://steamcommunity.com/games/342180/announcements/detail/...

Maybe a better title would be "Game Developers Lock Games Modes for Players Not Using i7 Processors" or something in the same vein.

I went in expecting a rebuttal against anarcho-capitalism (pattern recognition is weird)

Yes I agree but I've had posts modded back to the original titles several times so I tend to err on sticking to that unless it's awful. I think this piece will get picked up by the gaming press soon and someone can post a link to a proper article.