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of a formal system in a casual culture is bound to be problematic. I was raised in a strict religion with church discipline. There was a formal system of public reproof and disfellowshipping. Most interactions were polite in an environment of racial equality. Drugs and premarital sex were off limits as well as homosexual activity. I left the church as a teen and became a punk rocker. I can't imagine enforcing a formal system with the people in the scene. It was amoral and chaotic and definitely not safe. This was in the 80s and I'm sure things have changed. The behavior then was over the top and often completely out of line. I can see how a formal system could be abused by corrupt or nefarious people. I'm not sure I would stick around for it. What's interesting is everyone has identity politics now like my neighbours. Although we don't have close contact there is no escaping it. It's a bipartisan cultural phenomenon that is probably a good idea when loosely enforced but not when its done fanatically.