Talking helps. Nothing gets resolved without talking or fighting or a bit of both.
If one person leaving causes everyone to be punished how severe do you think the punishment will be if everyone tries? Do you think it will really be that easy? Do you think it will let us? It sent people away it could send us all away.
I could lie and pretend I dont care about the things I do or that they dont matter more to me than others. But that's not exactly an open discourse.