Life is short and I realize that it's my choice to continue to live here. Co-op living has been a positive experience in balance. I eat much better food and I'm not as isolated as I often become.
We work via consensus here. I haven't heard of the consensus minus one approach before. Do you have any suggested reading material on how how to make consensus based decision making practical?
That story you linked to was right on the money. Hippies suck so much. (I'm going to read your archives.) You might want to consider the possible influence of Alcoholics Anonymous in the situations you described. AA has a philosophy that says that anger is inherently bad (http://www.aadeprogramming.com/reclaim/forbidden3.html) and promotes forgiveness where it may not be deserved. (http://www.aadeprogramming.com/reclaim/forgiveness.html) I think that AA has had a big influence on the New Age movement and has promoted muddleheaded thinking in general. Someone accused me of being angry at the guy that I mentioned and I said that, yes indeed, I was angry at him. She was shocked!
Re: Anarchist or not?
We work via consensus here. I haven't heard of the consensus minus one approach before. Do you have any suggested reading material on how how to make consensus based decision making practical?
That story you linked to was right on the money. Hippies suck so much. (I'm going to read your archives.) You might want to consider the possible influence of Alcoholics Anonymous in the situations you described. AA has a philosophy that says that anger is inherently bad (http://www.aadeprogramming.com/reclaim/forbidden3.html) and promotes forgiveness where it may not be deserved. (http://www.aadeprogramming.com/reclaim/forgiveness.html) I think that AA has had a big influence on the New Age movement and has promoted muddleheaded thinking in general. Someone accused me of being angry at the guy that I mentioned and I said that, yes indeed, I was angry at him. She was shocked!
Crosley Bendix