The piece below has been published in the latest printed edition of the At the Grassroots paper, the distribution of which is due to start this coming weekend.
* how do mutual aid/parallel socities/co-op's work/function without hierarchy?
*how does a community of thousands make decisions, where is the boundary (if there is one) drawn? does this automatically lead to federations , should that be supported and why/why not?
* how is crime/anti-social behaviour dealt with without vigilantism or paramilitarism? At what point (if ever) are people excluded from the community?
* how is agreement reached without consensus?
* how do things move forward without agreement or consensus?
Pushing hard first thing, I know, I'm sorry. Always one for pushing the envelope 😁 Food for thought.
This post was intended to start a discussion:) All your points are valid and thanks for raising them. Some I've written about in posts which are now deep in the archives and need to be excavated. Others I need to think about and expand upon. All of this is something I intend to do over the coming few months in the hope that it will open up a genuine dialogue about how we build parallel systems and eventually, a viable alternative to the dysfunctional, dystopian s**tshow we currently have to endure.
Yay.. I've made a retiree work for a living.. 😁 apologies for the excavating but hopefully it helps??
Thanks for taking points raised into consideration, appreciate that as some have been major hurdles over here for obvious reasons.
Dialogue and action is so needed now.
* what does no "hierarchy" look like?
* how do mutual aid/parallel socities/co-op's work/function without hierarchy?
*how does a community of thousands make decisions, where is the boundary (if there is one) drawn? does this automatically lead to federations , should that be supported and why/why not?
* how is crime/anti-social behaviour dealt with without vigilantism or paramilitarism? At what point (if ever) are people excluded from the community?
* how is agreement reached without consensus?
* how do things move forward without agreement or consensus?
Pushing hard first thing, I know, I'm sorry. Always one for pushing the envelope 😁 Food for thought.
This post was intended to start a discussion:) All your points are valid and thanks for raising them. Some I've written about in posts which are now deep in the archives and need to be excavated. Others I need to think about and expand upon. All of this is something I intend to do over the coming few months in the hope that it will open up a genuine dialogue about how we build parallel systems and eventually, a viable alternative to the dysfunctional, dystopian s**tshow we currently have to endure.