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RE: “What does Anarchy mean to you?” - @tribesteemup bi-weekly question
But isn't hierarchy also established bottom up? I mean, it seems to me that most people WANT an authority to tell them what to do and promise them stability, safety, etc. It might be in our DNA. That's going to take a long time to change.
That doesn't mean it has to be a government, I guess. I can imagine a situation where a few come to a voluntary consensus and the rest just trust them and follow along. Kind of like how it works here with witness voting.
Absolutely, it is established from both directions, but the reason it is established from the bottom up is that we are convinced it is the only way to function productively. It will take a long time to change, and I don’t propose we abolish all forms of it, but rather experiment as we distance ourselves from old ways of thinking and continue to identify the beliefs that don’t serve us.
I love having a small group with fluid leadership, where who individuals can take center stage but if they are standing there too long, the group or the individual will allow someone else up there. This requires a few things, first and foremost is trust, but also a shared desire to respect others and not control and also to empower those who aren’t not yet comfortable being at the center of things. I’ve seen this work with groups of 30-40 people, I imagine if it became a ommon thing it could be experimented with to work with groups of over 100, I still can’t imagine it working with thousands of people but it’s a great start!