Why Whales Ostracism voting tokens "honourable exile" From The Voiting System Is Good For Steemit !

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Ostracism

Why Whales Ostracism voting tokens "honourable exile" From The Voiting System Is Good For Steemit !

Ostracism can be used as a way of neutralizing the monopoly of Whales voting power , or a potential voting power corruption on Steemit system ..

Ostracism (Greek: ὀστρακισμός, ostrakismos) was a procedure under the Athenian democracy in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years. It was used as a way of neutralizing someone thought to be a threat to the state or potential tyrant. It has been called an "honourable exile" The word "ostracism" continues to be used for various cases of social shunning.

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The name is derived from the ostraka (singular ostrakon, ὄστρακον), referring to the pottery shards that were used as voting tokens. Broken pottery, abundant and virtually free, served as a kind of scrap paper

Because ostracism was carried out by thousands of people over many decades of an evolving political situation and culture, it did not serve a single monolithic purpose. Observations can be made about the outcomes, as well as the initial purpose for which it was created.

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I'd be interested to know more about how you think this could be used. Are you suggesting that Whales ostracise themselves for a certain period? Am not sure this would help as the Whales need to be part of the system for wealth redistribution to occur.