Transparency

A requirement for self governance

For the community to vote directly on issues they must be informed, the more transparency the better the outcome of direct democracy. For this reason transparency should be one of the most important traits of a self governed society.

Loss of privacy

Transparency means a loss of privacy and this is a tricky balance that must be decided upon.

Like many modern concepts privacy should be viewed with skepticism, it is sold by those with power as protecting the innocent, but who does it benefit the most? People in power doing evil benefit from privacy a lot more that the majority doing good.

If a movement is rising under a tyrannical system actively targeting participants transparency would be dangerous, in most modern societies however there are reasonable protections that participants of the community would not be targeted, and as such the benefits of transparency outweigh concerns over privacy.