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A comment on Cheran: The town that threw out police, politicians and gangsters (2016). Parent comment

Re:Cheran: The town that threw out police, politicians and g... by aphextron on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @02:12AM (#22942770)
>The town could just ban non-politicians from expressing political speech entirely (as a social norm, not a law.)

And who enforces that ban? Who picks the person that enforces it? How are they held accountable? Who are they held accountable to?

You see everything is politics, whether we like it or not.

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Re:Cheran: The town that threw out police, politicians and g... by derefr on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @03:16AM (#22943046)
It’s a social norm—everyone enforces it, and everyone also punishes those who don’t enforce it. Compare/contrast: being punished for using a cellphone in an Amish community.
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