Consensus here means that a few vocal populists will decide the outcome of consensus. For example: "We need to boot that communist out of our community! Joe, do

Consensus here means that a few vocal populists will decide the outcome of consensus. For example: "We need to boot that communist out of our community! Joe, do you support communists? No? Great! Jim, your turn. John, what did you say? You're undecided? Fine. We've got enough votes anyway and on our next meeting we'll need to discuss whether you belong to our friendly community."