The free human society may arise at last, no longer organised ... from the top down... but rather starting from the free individual and the free association and autonomous commune, from the bottom up.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A free society should be built from autonomous individuals and associations upward, rather than imposed from the top down.
- In plain terms
- Build society from the bottom up, not the top down.
- What can you take from it?
- Organize society from the bottom up.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we organize without hierarchy?
- Can society work without central authority?
Another view
Large-scale coordination may require some top-down structures.
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