We're a housing cooperative trying to make consensus decisions, but there's this unspoken thing where the people who've been here longest basically get veto power, and the newer residents are starting to check out of the process entirely.
More people experience this than they realize.
Democratic ideals collide with the reality that informal hierarchies emerge even in spaces explicitly designed to be egalitarian.
“Where Are You with Identity in old age and approaching death?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.