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by ltfey 1595 days ago
Stack rank the board of directors too for good measure

The only time stack ranking was a force for good was when the French applied it to their ruling elite in the 1790s.

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I guess this was meant as a joke, but you may want to read about the reign of Terror and how it led people from all social classes to rat each other out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror

See also how people had to get a "certificate of civism" lest them be considered suspect by default: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_civism