I definitely think there’s a “generational” thing here. For those of us who’ve been around long enough to see how everything came from nothing but people doing things they thought needed to be done, it’s perfectly obvious. But I can very much see how if you join the community today it looks like there are these serious, important organizations who are In Charge. But I do think it’s still not really true.
+1.
I was slow to realise that, over the period of just a few years of growth, this bunch of uncertain, scrappy, loosely coordinated students had come to be seen as a powerful established authority and treated accordingly. I think many others have been rather slow to notice this too and that that’s been a big source of confusion and tension as of late.
+1.
I was slow to realise that, over the period of just a few years of growth, this bunch of uncertain, scrappy, loosely coordinated students had come to be seen as a powerful established authority and treated accordingly. I think many others have been rather slow to notice this too and that that’s been a big source of confusion and tension as of late.