The TDG is not an HOA
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=272
The TDG is not an HOA
One critic assumed that the goal of the TDG is to pass laws for the neighborhood.
In the early and middle stages of the TDG, the TDG will mostly be focused on building itself and developing skills for TDG governance. It will not be telling neighbors when the garbage truck is coming around or ticketing cars parked on the street.
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=272
The TDG is not an HOA
Homeowners' associations have a bad reputation of "elected officials" playing small gods. I'm not sure if this is correct or people not liking democratic decisions.
But the TDG really has no power yet. It must first learn how to be consultative before it can take on HOA-like responsibilities:
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=272
The TDG is not an HOA
In the first two stages of TDG development, the TDG won't be making any decisions outside of the TDG. Rather, the builders will be learning how to make consultative decisions--while expanding the TDG:
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=272
The TDG is not an HOA
A critic of this alternative democracy claimed that it looks like an Home Owners Association, where neighbors elect their own leaders, make local rules, and enforce those rules.
There are big differences:
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=272
The TDG is not an HOA
The responsibilities are different. The HOA is "now" and local. The TDG is for the future and everywhere.
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=272
The TDG is not an HOA
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=272
The TDG is not an HOA
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=272
Jim Carey
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