Forcing participation into all organizations undermines functional differentiation and overreaches

Evidence

To be sure, the organs bind each group element to themselves and thus to one another; but the decisive point is that the direct interactions that preceded this system drew the totality of a human being into special achievements that required disproportionate expenditures of energy. He who is not a judge for his whole life long, but only when the community is called together, not only is inhibited in his actual functioning, but is also encumbered in the execution of the judicial office by inappropriate conceptions and interests, in a manner entirely different from the professional judge. In contrast, he is only involved with the court in an advanced situation when his whole interest is really engaged in it. As long as each head of a household is a priest, he must function in that capacity whether he feels like it or not; but once there is a church with a professional priest, he enters it only when he feels the urge and thus really has his heart in it. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 708 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Citizens now suffer in many areas from overloads of communication and over- doses of participation. We should address ourselves directly to the overriding problems: the uprooting of people from meaningful communities and the failure to organize politically around authentic issues. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 569 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Communication overload and shallow participation mask genuine community uprooting — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 569; Functional differentiation frees individuals from role-dictated behavior — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 708; Participatory management rhetoric conceals a reorganization that strips subordinate power. (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Functional differentiation frees individuals from role-dictated behavior #contradicts (0.70) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 708
• Participatory management rhetoric conceals a reorganization that strips subordinate power. #qualifies (0.55)
• Communication overload and shallow participation mask genuine community uprooting #complicates (0.50) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 569