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I’m not the first to observe that some extremist political forums had a moderate start. This could be regular for-its-own-sake political forums, or what I call “counter-forums”, online forums made to counter another political forum. But I don’t think I’ve heard of a term to describe it, so I coined “The Iron Law of Moderate Political Forums” as a sort of nod to the Iron Law of Oligarchy as described in Why Nations Fail.

For instance, r/TheRightCantMeme had moderate Social Liberals and Social Democrats as regulars before going full far-leftist. Similarly, r/GenUSA started to have its right-leaning members dominate. They caused a commotion when u/khharagosh, a r/neoliberal user, replied to a [comment about abortion](src/lib/images/notebook/genusa_khharagosh.jpg), and I assume it’ll go the way of most of these forums.
For instance, r/TheRightCantMeme had moderate Social Liberals and Social Democrats as regulars before going full far-leftist. Similarly, r/GenUSA started to have its right-leaning members dominate. They caused a commotion when u/khharagosh, a r/neoliberal user, replied to a [comment about abortion](/images/notebook/genusa_khharagosh.jpg), and I assume it’ll go the way of most of these forums.

In a way, it is the reverse phenomenon of [Sanewashing and Social Gentrification](https://tracingwoodgrains.medium.com/r-antiwork-a-tragedy-of-sanewashing-and-social-gentrification-56298af1c1a7) as described by [u/inverseflorida](https://reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/js84tu/how_did_defund_the_police_stop_meaning_defund_the/) and [status451](https://status451.com/2016/09/15/social-gentrification/).

While most of these examples use subreddits, I decided to use the generic name “forum” because I think this isn’t just a Reddit problem. It’s related to how humans with extreme views react to the other extreme side of a political debate online (Some non-subreddits like [RationalWiki seemed to have fallen into this phenomenon as well](src/lib/images/notebook/rationalwiki_joebiden.png)).
While most of these examples use subreddits, I decided to use the generic name “forum” because I think this isn’t just a Reddit problem. It’s related to how humans with extreme views react to the other extreme side of a political debate online (Some non-subreddits like [RationalWiki seemed to have fallen into this phenomenon as well](/images/notebook/rationalwiki_joebiden.png)).

## The For-Its-Own-Sake Example

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I've showed my flag to a few people and I decided to make a post about it, here it is:

<figure>
<img src="src/lib/images/notebook/Personal Banner_1-Phi.png" alt="Personal Banner of Dania Rifki." />
<img src="/images/notebook/Personal Banner_1-Phi.png" alt="Personal Banner of Dania Rifki." />
<figcaption>My beautiful personal flag! ain't it a beauty?</figcaption>
</figure>

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- Mauveine: Pantone PMS 2602 C
- Blue Aster: Pantone PMS 18-4252 TPG

The aspect ratio of the flag is officially 1:φ, but [2:3 is also acceptable](src/lib/images/notebook/Personal%20Banner_2-3.png).
The aspect ratio of the flag is officially 1:φ, but [2:3 is also acceptable](/images/notebook/Personal%20Banner_2-3.png).

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