"Consensus as a set of principles, a commitment to making decisions in a
spirit of problem-solving, mutual respect, and above all, a refusal of
coercion."

http://occupywallstreet.net/story/some-remarks-consensus

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On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???> wrote:

> A river is a resource, your home is your property.
> Most of the time it's obvious. I do not like one rich guy to own a vital
> thing like the water supply or an area's resource wealth.
>
> I believe it's correct to rebalance power relations. That means giving
> power away from the majority. Also you have to know that in that part of
> the word, people are identified by labels like Sunni Arab, Sunni Kurd,
> Shia Arab, Shia Kurd, Assyrian, Assyriac, Yezidi, Christian Arab,
> Christian Kurd, ... and many other groups. The Kurds have been oppressed
> for years, and based on their experience of being the biggest people on
> the globe without a country, and being split as minorities among their
> host countries. This was a tactic of the powers, split them up to
> suppress their identity making them a minority in their host countries.
> It's from this they've developed an anti-state, local power ideology.
>
> On 01/08/2015 01:00 PM, Luke Dashjr wrote:
> > On Thursday, January 08, 2015 2:02:06 AM Amir Taaki wrote:
> >> * Private property is protected, and entrepreneurship is de jure. There
> >> are no taxes on the people or businesses in Rojava.
> >> * Instead price controls are democratically managed. All of Rojava's
> >> resources and utility are under the collective democratic control of the
> >> people.
> >
> > Where is the line drawn between private property and "all resources"?
> > If it's democratic, then that means the majority can deny the minority
> access?
> >
> >> * Disempowered groups are actively empowered, and given disproportionate
> >> equalising power such as minority ethnicities or women (40% quota for
> >> administration posts).
> >
> > This kind of nonsense is sexist/ethnicist and creates imaginary divisions
> > between the people. If you try to make it fair, by "empowering" the
> smallest
> > minority (each individual), then you end up with an entitlement to
> > administration posts for everyone. Think about it...
> >
> > Luke
> >
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