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Democratic decision-making can generate factions, conflict over rules and politicised management rather than automatic consensus.

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Erik FormanCo-Founder · The Drivers CooperativeLinkedIn ↗
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Erik FormanCo-Founder · The Drivers CooperativeLinkedIn ↗

Democratic decision-making can generate factions, conflict over rules and politicised management rather than automatic consensus.

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Attributed contributors: Erik Forman. “Democratic decision-making can generate factions, conflict over rules and politicised management rather than automatic consensus..” Lessons from The Drivers Cooperative: Can Technology Ventures Really Work with Democratic Governance?. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 17 September 2026. Session time 11:16–12:42. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-130e332b925e

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Democratic decision-making can generate factions, conflict over rules and politicised management rather than automatic consensus.

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Erik FormanCo-Founder · The Drivers CooperativeLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Participants defend interests and contest both decisions and decision rules.

Conditions: Institutions must handle disagreement and tradeoffs.

Limit: Experiential account, not proof democracy is unworkable.

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