I'm very happy that the jaggy representative democracy of the old steemit, that was turned into a fascist regime by Justin.
In this initiative, I see a huge collective work that is leading the Hive to a much more liquid democracy and opening the doors for a higher level of decentralization.
Your post and comments are the living images of the work of communal decision-process.
Hierarchy eliminates consensus and blocks realizable Utopias.
Thanks to all the people that contributed to building this new glorious world in such a short period of time, and with almost zero errors.
I couldn't resist leaving here for the community an extract of a post I wrote a long time ago on Steemit.
Consensus is not possible in centralized structures. We can't solve social problems with centralized despotic authority, regulations and power clustering. Consensus (consent) can only exist when:a) - Everybody is involved in building solutions for the community;
b) - Everybody is informed with proper continuous feedback;
c) - Everybody knows the risks of taking that decision.Consensus is a general agreement on a proposition to act and change the destiny of all the members of a community and face the risks involved.
Consensus can be "good" or "bad" because collective decisions involve risks that reflect in all the future of the community.
Any consensus in equalitarian groups can be right or wrong about the consequences of the collective choices and actions agreement.When there is manipulation in the discussion of collective solutions, by self-interest people or groups that fight for Power then it can't be called consensus, but an imposition of a hierarchical structure.
Consensus exists only in equalitarian groups, where everybody has the same rights to express their will and importance by influence and be influenced by all the others.