At the heart of Dancing Rabbit’s formal organization is the idea of consensus. All major decisions and community policies are decided using this process. Every other Sunday, the community has a ‘business meeting’ in which they discuss current situations that need to be addressed. Policies are created and decided upon with the entire group present. In order for a final policy to be “passed”, the entire group needs to agree on the terms. That is the basis of consensus. Unlike a democracy, there is no such thing as “majority rules”. Here, everyone has their say, and the group works to make compromises in order to make the best decision.
Consensus also helps to promote the overall idea of cooperation, simply because it requires that people actually talk, and work together to make compromises and decisions.
Smart.
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