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by scott_s 2744 days ago
Agreed. There's a famous essay from the feminism movement about this: "The Tyranny of Structurelessness", https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm

It has been discussed on HN multiple times: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=THE%20TYRANNY%20of%20STRUCTURE...

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Also of course very relevant in the tech world. Superficially egalitarian and non-hierarchical, but in reality dominated by strong in-groups and out-groups, business decisions made on the basis of favouritism and personal connections, including bizarre stories about byzantine sex orgies involving corporate executives.

Even the feminism angle is relevant here, because more often than not women are made worse off in these laissez-faire arrangements.