Are people going to vote on whether someone should be included? Is there an appeals process? Are all decisions final?
OK, thanks.
It seems to me all these questions arise for "include everyone" as well. Somewhere along the line someone is going to suggest "don't include fundamentalist Christians", for example, and if I'm committed to the kind of democratic decision process you imply, then we now need to have a vote, or at least decide whether we have a vote, etc. etc, all of that bureaucratic overhead.
Of course, that might not be necessary; I could just unilaterally override that suggestion, mandate "No, we include everyone!", and if I have...
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