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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
It's strange that the first thing the flat group wants to do is structure itself like a hierarchy or tall organization by having a leader.
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There's a difference between a boss, who holds significant power over his subordinates, and a democratically chosen leader, who is responsible to the workers in the cooperative and can be replaced at their demand.
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Originally Posted by bob_32_116
To go back to my analogy of renovating a house, I may choose to accept advice from the builder, but one could not have a situation where all the employees on site held a vote on whether to install that extra room or not. If a bad decision is made, it's me who has to live with the result; those guys have lost nothing.
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That's something else entirely. In this case, the service produced is not up for discussion, and its details are determined by the one who buys it - the homeowner.
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Originally Posted by bob_32_116
A company in which things are decided by majority vote would not work.
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Except that they do.