It directly impacts livelihood. It's physical in the sense that it's a real world, tangible harm. This is not at all the same thing as somebody merely saying something critical on Twitter. There's a clear distinction here.

There is a distinction but it's not the one you were originally making. Which seems important in a discussion about kinds of harms. Firing someone is not assault.

It's exactly the distinction I was making. That's why I said "it's not as harmful as physical violence" etc. I guess that wasn't enough to be clear.