saw this linked on mastodon, i know nothing about it other then what's in this blog post but its kind of fascinating from an organization and community-building perspective. so in other words its utterly relevant to the current social media and political zeitgeist
my thoughts are basically that this reinforces two things i already believed, which is that no matter how good your intentions are, it's never a good idea to be anything other than upfront and honest about your goals with the people you're trying to recruit;
and that even though its slower, operating communities based on actual democratic principles (ie, letting people decide as a group what paths to go forward, even if you personally disagree) leads to better long-term stability and is thus the only real path forward; it's better to keep your organizing small and limited in scope rather than try to force a larger group to go along with you if the only avenue for that is eliminating that governance
