Post #1672246
2022-12-08 17:58 UTC
@rixx
I suppose I'm a bit late to the party here, but... This reads to me (in all the best ways) like a graduate thesis on social governance. I see a huge amount of lived experience embedded here. I also see incisive critical analysis of societal norms & the "big picture" of moderation & collective governance
in intentional communities.
FWIW, I'm semi-active in local gov, & much of your analysis is directly relevant there, eg nuance-fatigue & challenges balancing transparency with efficiency.
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@rixx@chaos.social 2022-12-08 18:48
@xian Thank you, that's quite possibly the best compliment I could wish for! I honestly set out to write this text when I was very frustrated with some aspects, and wanted to **not** write a rant. (Or at least a productive one.) And absolutely agree – I'm active in other activist groups too and there is a big overlap in challenges and in skills. Government is probably the closest in some ways, because this being an admin is like being a tiny, low-stakes, low-relevance , unelected government.