The fundamental fallacy of antiauthoritarian movements...

The fundamental fallacy of antiauthoritarian movements is that power structures and authority end up being created organically without any checks and balances. Charismatic individuals gravitate towards positions of power and create implicit authority.

It's much better to build power structures consciously and ensure that clear checks and balances exist up front.

Like 16 Jun 2022 at 14:54 | Open on mas.to

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Keith

@yogthos checks don't have to be authoritarian in nature. It's everybody's job to redistribute power whenever it collects.

16 Jun 2022 at 15:40 | Open on social.coop

Yogthos

@keith authoritarianism is a nonsensical term to begin with. Hierarchies and power structures arise necessarily because delegation is more efficient. Anybody who understands even a modicum of graph theory understands why a complete graph doesn't scale.

16 Jun 2022 at 15:45 | Open on mas.to

Keith

@yogthos yes but it's not necessary/desirable to build a rigid structure to deal with them. Sure, hierarchies and power develop but that's okay when they are small. Build a structure around them and they will grow. Now you have a problem.

16 Jun 2022 at 15:53 | Open on social.coop

Yogthos

@keith my point is that in practice they grow regardless of whether you create structure or not. The only question is whether they grow consciously and with intent or organically.

16 Jun 2022 at 17:21 | Open on mas.to

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