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Do mods have the power to just nuke their subreddit? That'd be the biggest move. If a few big subreddits were to do this, that'd be an instant and significant loss.
Just make a python bot that auto removes every single post and comment from the subs. That would completely kill Reddit in a matter of hours
This'll do it once you identify the right buttons: Selenium. Pick the WebDriver for your browser, and then start writing code to pull up a browser and start pretending to be you clicking the buttons.
I know there's Selenium IDE on there that's easier, but it's too fragile for anything of this scale. You could record it logging in and then hitting delete once, and then it fails because it can't find the next delete link.
I imagine somebody inside reddit has already considered that as a possibility, assuming it's something they can do, and will have a plan involving backups to restore them. Assuming the backups aren't full of deleted posts or garbage by the time they realize they need them.