Trying to organize democratically is sometimes infuriating because of "the tyranny of structurelessness" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyranny_of_Structurelessness)
To think there're no hierarchies if there's no explicit structure just hides existing hierarchies and removes the means to change them.
In case you need to hear this too, from the article: "Freeman suggests [to solve this problem] formalizing the existing hierarchies in the group and subjecting them to democratic control."
#democracy #anarchism #tip
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