When Worlds Collide: Sociocracy, Governance, and Trust in the Finnish Permaculture Association
The Slack conversation below began as routine GA planning. But it quickly unfolded into a full-scale conflict about the legitimacy of the association’s structure, the emotional toll of governance, and the competing worldviews between centralized legalism and lived sociocratic practice.
At the heart of the issue: What is “the association”? Who holds power? What makes governance valid — bylaws, or participation?