3 ways of getting things done.

There is this unpopular book called "3 ways of getting things done" which I think sums up all power relationships, though I would redefine things just a little.

Hierarchy: Superiors issue orders to subordinates and they obey.
Democracy: Voting or some other system of representation.
Autonomy: Individuals or groups are allowed free reign, usually in the context of certain boundaries and limitations.

I don't know what the big deal is, it seems pretty straight forward to me, we need to use the best system for the task or 2 or 3 when we are unsure. What is the need for all these ideologies?

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It's become technologically possible to have the whole people vote directly on all kinds of major issues, including "voting with tax dollars" (checking boxes on the tax form specifying what that money is to be spent on). Question is how ready some people are to allow us some real democracy.

(And that's as far I go down that particular road for now. There already is one Alex Jones.)


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contradicting parts
Depends how strict those boundaries are.

Telling people "don't commit murder" (with a reasonable definition of "murder") doesn't mean you can't shoot someone in self-defence if he tries to kill you. It does, however, mean that nobody's free to murder you, i.e. you're free to not be murdered. And it's not just extremes like murder, either; it goes all the way down to queue behaviour and how to address people and stuff.

In short, it's that old anarchist slogan of "my freedom ends where yours begins"; there's a balance that you inescapably have to strike. (meaning they at least got one thing straight...)

And, of course, it includes such simple things as technical standards; 110 vs 240 volts, 50 vs 60 Hz, NTSC vs PAL, etc. You want your equipment to work properly and not be fried the moment you plug it in, right?

Or traffic standards, like what side of the road to drive on, or which colour on the traffic lights mean what.

I could go on, but you should get the picture by now ;-)