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Re:The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Of... by guerrilla on Saturday October 22, 2022 @02:30PM (#33300788)
That assumes a static hierarchy. Cooperatives could fix most of that though, since anyone becoming a problem could be recalled from their position.
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Re:The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Of... by throwaway280000 on Saturday October 22, 2022 @04:18PM (#33301814)
Of relevance to this point might be Union Democracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Democracy

It examines a particularly democratic union which seemed unusually able to withstand degeneration into an oligarchy.

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Re:The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Of... by Nomentatus on Saturday October 22, 2022 @09:39PM (#33303768)
Very consistent with Madison's thinking. The U.S. eventual became less fractionated, and fell into large parties, but different unions, for quite different jobs, might have more persistent differences.
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