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I don't know, which one? Because I have never seen shunning work, ever. Aggression seldom helps, but at least there are documented cases where it worked. I have

• spiritplumber 12y ago
  All I got for you is that it worked in my hometown to send away a prefetto (unelected bureaucrat with some executive and police powers). The guy basically ended up placing himself under house arrest because he had to get gas at night at self-services when there was nobody to tell him "i am not selling you any gas", couldn't buy fresh food because he had to use the self-checkout at the supermarket or not eat, etc. This lasted around six months, after which he quit.
  • dalke 12y ago
    This is an example of ostracism. I think the comment at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracism#Fall_into_disuse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracism#Fall_into_disuse is interesting and relevant: > The threat to the democratic system in the late 5th century came not from tyranny but from oligarchic coups, threats of which became prominent after two brief seizures of power, in 411 by "the Four Hundred" and in 404 BC by "the Thirty", which were not dependent on single powerful individuals. Ostracism was not an effective defence against the oligarchic threat and it was not so used. "The police" constitute a relatively large group, so the ostracism you saw against one person might not be so effective.