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The article likens societal pressure to sexual harassment in the workplace. However, the power structure is not the same. In the workplace, bosses/admins had
by chillingeffect 12y ago
The article likens societal pressure to sexual harassment in the workplace. However, the power structure is not the same. In the workplace, bosses/admins had to be convinced to treat the problem different, then the wielded the power to make people cooperate.
Online harassment doesn't feature an authority figure who can cutoff the access of the harassers though.
What is the solution? I don't know. I think the death threats are a result of the self-hatred and sense of disposession our consumer society creates. We are motivated by the fear of not having enough and therefore our primal minds are constantly threatened. The people at the bottom have little to lose and act out.