mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i'm not doing more shit for free in this context ; not only because it is outrageous for
the recipients
of charity to direct
the disbursement
of charity, but most
of all because
the end result
of a world kept clean, warm and humming along on charity is a disproportionate
feeling of power in
the idle denizens, who then end up running into "steel walls".
nubbins`: "
The need to assemble is as constant among humans as
the necessity
of making decisions is rare. Assembling corresponds to
the joy
of feeling a common
power. Decisions are vital only in emergency situations, where
the exercise
of democracy is already compromised.
The rest
of the time, “
the democratic character
of decision making” is only a problem for
the fanatics
of process. It’s not a matter
of critiquing assemblies or abandoning them,
