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HOAs are benevolent dictatorships. That's supposed to be better than democracy. What could possibly go wrong?
by Zigurd 1y ago
HOAs are benevolent dictatorships. That's supposed to be better than democracy. What could possibly go wrong?
- praptak 1y agoWe don't have a procedure to reliably establish a benevolent dictatorship.
- NegativeK 1y agoEvery HOA I've lived in had an elected board. And everyone I've ever heard complain about HOAs has never tried to serve on the board. They're not universally volunteer orgs, but a _lot_ of them are -- which means that if you run, you'll probably be elected, because nobody else wants to deal with that. HOAs are small governments, with plenty of the problems of larger governments via unhappy but nonparticipatory voters.
- Zigurd 1y agoThe problem is that they are untethered from other governments. Or at least less tethered. Contracts aren't constitutions or laws. There might be some benefits to that, but the downsides can be pretty outrageous.