The answer to flame wars because of too much politicization is fairly certainly not "we need less moderator powers!".
Re:Storming Reddit's Moat
by x86ARMsRace on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:59PM
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There's a few sides. Sometimes giving the moderator too much power means they also have too much power of abstention. If they selectively don't enforce rules, toxic behaviour can be enabled. Worse when rules are enforced against one participant but not another. Sometimes vague rules get arbitrarily used against the unpopular.
It's difficult to find a thread that isn't politicized in some way, or does not have at least some toxic elements to it. I've been told sometimes that it's 'just the mainstream communities', however the most toxic encounters I have had were always in the more niche threads. It devolves into downright vitriolic flame wars if you disagree with someone, and generally "agree to disagree" just inspires more wrath.