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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by NaturalPhallacy on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:16AM (#26433018)
It works....in the short term...within a very narrow scope.

And then suddenly, for no reason at all, someone incredibly well aligned with everyone you deplatformed rises to power.

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by oblio on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:33AM (#26433122)
They don't rise to power if the political system is sane. In many countries without First Past the Post systems, an extremist rises in popularity. Then when the final vote comes, it is revealed that most people are moderate and the crazy does not get into power.
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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by NaturalPhallacy on Friday March 12, 2021 @03:19AM (#26433345)
Is there a sane political system?

FPTP is dogshit, agreed. But does even ranked choice voting result in a sane system? I'm not implying it can't. I honestly just don't know.

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by oblio on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:57AM (#26433926)
No system is completely sane but some are better than others at keeping out the loonies :-)

European ones are decent.

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