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The question is probably not meant to be answered (only) on the technical level ("does such a thing as miner-activated softfork (MASF) exist?").
But (additionally), what effects a controversial MASF by a majority of miners would have on the various economic players. How the economic majority would react.
See Bitcoin, A Game-Theoretic Analysis for the kinds of politics involved.
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Can someone ELI5 why this is a political/controversial question? As supertestnet said, can't miners already impose extra rules about what goes into their blocks?