Perhaps dealing with blackballing / boycotts / financial censorship...
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Perhaps dealing with blackballing / boycotts / financial censorship should be added to the list? It can be hard to discern the truth, and official dogma from (schools, governments, corporations) often proves incorrect in the long term. In the US, many people suffered big financial hits when they were booted from social media platforms for questioning the currently received dogma. Whistleblowers are often imprisoned, and/or SLAPPed with punitive lawsuits. The powerful also often act to suppress ideas that might undercut their power--for example, the Chinese government relies on cutting off dissidents from access to banking, jobs, schools, travel, etc. We can see similar tactics in use in the West, such as the Canadian governments seizure of financial accounts of protestors, Operation Checkpoint, and asset forfeiture laws. Perhaps techniques for fighting such censorship should be taught (moving to decentralized social media, using cryptocurrency, etc). (Note: I realize that this might be a topic for a later course.)