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Does a community get to decide who is a part of it? Who is the 'demos' in your democracy?
Who are common people of the memes@lemmy.ml state? Everyone here who is engaging in the community, and that is how public online forums work. "A community" is a broad categorization and does not have a standard structure of organization or common practices. "Public Online Forum" does in fact have a standard set of practices and organization, with precedent set since the 90s. That precedent is that moderators and admins get to choose who gets to participate, thus my original comment.
Any other weirdo accusations or loaded questions you'd like to spitball?