[p2p-research] further contribution by David Ronfeldt on p2p as successor system

[Kevin Carson]

On 5/23/09, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com> wrote:
> The community is defined by its actions which are directly those of its
> members.
>
> As of now, it is a community that is supporting top down
> dictatorship/censorship.
>
> So you tell me if the community is legitimate right now?
>
> Deferring to a vote by the crowd on this issue does not make it right to me
> personally because it is based on the Wisdom of Crowds which is null and
> void in my view.

Before, you objected to what you considered the arbitrary and top-down
judgment of Ryan, Michel and me, and questioned our right to speak for
anyone else.  Now you're basically saying that even if a majority of
the group are of like mind, there is no conceivable way that you will
accommodate anyone else by reining in behavior that is obnoxious,
antagonistic and inconsiderate.  Apparently YOUR idea of "due process"
is you get what you want, and the rest of us do a work around.

You may see this as a struggle between a free, creative spirit and the
herd, but all I see is a sociopath who feels entitled (as Ryan put it)
to defecate on the group and refuse to budge an inch, because he's a
Boy Genius.

> So you're right, you guys keep YOUR list.
>
> Governance does not have to be this way.
>
> Experiment concluded.

> Enjoy YOUR community :)
>
> I love happy endings.

Great--works for me, too.  Maybe some of the people you drove off the
list will come back now.

-- 
Kevin Carson
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