Community Problems
People, as I’ve already pointed out, are very complex, difficult, squishy things. Because communities are composed of people, they are similarly complex, difficult, and squishy. These factors contribute to communities exhibiting a lot of problems that, really, are common across most human endeavors. There are no perfect communities; there are only communities that recognize there are problems and work to fix them and communities that trundle along blissfully ignorant of their issues.
No matter which of these two types of communities you join, you’re guaranteed to come up against problems that are based in human interactions and community culture. Often it’s possible to work around these issues; once in a while it’s possible ...
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