I consider myself a highly liberty minded individual and anyone that has read any of my more political leaning philosophy posts will know that. I tend to view myself as an anarchist, but today I've found reason to reconsider that term and I'll share my thoughts on voluntaryism and how it works for myself and many others already on the STEEM blockchain. Some of you may know that I am part of the Minnow Support Project and I've taken on a 'leadership' role, but I want to also give some examples of how I view the 'decentralized leadership' style of the group and how it could potentially benefit you.
The term 'loose leadership' comes to mind when I think of how we are organized and operate and part of my application was a promise to promote transparency and accountability. We have since implemented publicly releasing an overview of the weekly meeting details on the blockchain as well as individual 'departments' publishing their details on fighting abusive behaviors and I feel that transparency fits well with the type of group that we're building and taking part in. So this leads me to a logical line of thought in regards to how or why this all works.
Simply put, it works because the people involved believe in the core principals and while we don't agree on everything at all times, we respect each other. There are heated debates on occasion and while particular members may not always feel things go the way they would like, we are generally willing to consider the perspective of the others and not take disagreements as a personal attack. One of the fundamental aspects of a liberty based group is that it's voluntary and there is no need to conform or constrain, if people fundamentally disagree and we can't come to a resolution, they simply get off the ship and chart a course in their own direction. It's one of the reasons that I feel so many successful groups have branched off of the core M.S.P. group and for the most part we all still get along.
Today had some great examples of how we actually get things done, and I rather enjoyed watching them play out. There was no need for bureaucracy to accomplish these goals as all actions were strictly voluntary and being present, I will attest that there was never pressure on any members to contribute financially. The only time leadership actually has to make a decision on something like this is when it involves the community funds that we earn or raise in the name of the actual organization, as we all feel that we have a responsibility to use those funds responsibly to benefit the community. Here are two examples of a voluntaryist community coming together to help people in need, with no debate, no pressure to contribute, and working to make the world a better place by helping people:
Tonight while the Super Bowl was going on, it came to the attention of 
I also have another example, this time from 
In a voluntaryist group, we can simply put these ideas and initiatives out into the wild and more often than not, the community rallies together to support each other. Big accounts, small accounts, and even those that simply opt out all still co-exist peacefully together. It's extremely humbling to watch these events unfold and if you think voluntaryism may be right for you, I encourage you to come check us out on Discord and get involved or just see how things go. If you like it, stick around, if you don't, no pressure and anyone is always free to leave whenever they want. We work together to train and retain new users on the platform and we accomplish more together working with like-minded people. Hopefully this will give you all some insight on how the informal side of our group operates and gets things done. Namaste.
