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by haversine02 2821 days ago
The definition of enforcement is left extremely vague in standard CoC, so let's extrapolate a bit. Biased enforcement will follow quite naturally.

The generic call for project leadership to resolve all issues will eventually become unworkable for larger projects. This process can be hastened by swamping the project leadership with a large number of reports.

It's likely that a subcommittee or enforcement team will be formed to deal with this at some point. These teams will naturally attract people interested in moderating the project and enforcing CoC. Mostly left-leaning people who are interested in achieving "social justice", I'd expect. Thus, a separate branch of leadership with mostly homogenous viewpoints and considerable power to prosecute is formed.

Unless the enforcement is done by randomized jury, this outcome is almost inevitable.