Upvotes/downvotes are not good for democracy. Especially if the upvote/downvote history stays in your account. Think of the yes and no stickers in the Soviet

Upvotes/downvotes are not good for democracy. Especially if the upvote/downvote history stays in your account. Think of the yes and no stickers in the Soviet Union and other totalitarian countries on the front of their government buildings. Even, moderators can pin their thoughts. It is not easy to express a different kind of opinion in the first place.