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That's soft censorship. Same as the reddit downvote. The outcome is the same: Dissent gets squashed, conformity gets elevated. The means are just ones that let you pretend you're not censoring anybody.

Giacomo Zapparoni 2y ago

In the end, the dissenter is still cast into the void.

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CensorThis 2y ago

The village casting out a pariah is very different from a king doing so…

Giacomo Zapparoni 2y ago

That's just 50 kings doing so.

Giacomo Zapparoni 2y ago

From a moral perspective, it's identical.

CensorThis 2y ago

Completely incorrect

Giacomo Zapparoni 2y ago

All of the principles are the same. The decision being made by 50 people instead of 1 changes nothing substantial.