[Noisebridge-discuss] Anarchist? Libertarian?

[Jeffrey Carl Faden]

Anarchist, feminist... jeez. People are really obsessed with labels. I thought the only label we went by was "excellent."

Jeffrey

On Jul 31, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Johny Radio <johnyradio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Rachel McConnell rachel at xtreme.com, Wed Jul 31 15:07:29 UTC 2013 wrote:
> >"As one of the founding members, I can say that I am not an anarchist and anarchy was never one of the goals of Noisebridge.... You can describe it as anarchistic if you feel it fits... but do not think that means everyone, or the organization in general, will agree with the label."
> 
> "I" do not label it so. Anarchy simply appears to be integral to the history, language, and current operations of the place, as described in my last post-- Anarchy, or something inspired by it, as conceived by NB members who preceded my arrival here, including the two people who i understand to be the founders, Jacob Appelbaum and Mitch Altman. Since NB is politically heterogeneous, I would expect disagreement on what NB should be. 
> 
> The primary Noisebridge decision-making instrument, Consensus, comes straight outta Anarchist theory and practice. Do you disagree with that statement? 
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> Leaderless structure is a core Anarchist principal. Do you disagree with that statement?
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> This is not my idea or label. Personally, I'm not an Anarchist either (although I agree with some anarchist ideas). I feel the Consensus concept is flawed. i also feel NB's implementation of Consensus is flawed. But that has not stopped me from being a participant in Noisebridge for 3 years. 
> 
> "There are lots of fascinating challenges to running a hackerspace using the purest anarchist collective principles...."
> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Social_Engineers
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> Johny Radio
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