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The fact that a group has formed in yunity, that wants to use considerable amounts of money to buy two houses in Wurzen, surfaced the severe unclarity apparent in yunity since the decision not to further the active development of a full-fledged multisharing platform for now. Even though some efforts were made to restore a common project identity, the one big goal, which was tangible for all, was suddenly gone. Since that time people unknowingly drifted into different directions: Some put more emphasis on living the lifestyle of sharing as consequently as possible themselves to inspire others, while others saw it more important to work on tools, that enable others to share more, instead of leading by example. (To make these two groups easier referenceable, the terms fundis and realos will be employed. They have been used for similar struggles in idealistic projects or parties before and carry no implicit judgement! This, of course, is a severe simplification and probably puts more emphasis on the differences, than on the common ground, and implies that people can be put in only one of these two boxes, even though most of us are in both of them once in a while... Still, there are some distinct arguments, which I want to point out and I find the simplification more justifiable than silence in this case.)
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As you can imagine, these reasonings easily create a circle that can be repeated over and over again without getting to a point. So the real question must lie somewhere else, somewhere deeper. It is "What is yunity" and apparently there are multiple answers to it now. We all seem to still identify with the vision and mission, but those are so vague that multiple concrete interpretations are possible. There is no common primary objective anymore. The one we decided upon via syscon in April 2016 clearly is outdated: "To create then launch the yunity platform which will first bring the foodsharing movement world-wide". Nobody is creating the yunity platform right now. Tilmann is working on the foodsaving tool, and the plan to spread foodsharing is still important for some yuniteers, but most are currently busy with housing projects and other aspects of everyday sharing culture. The amount of people populating yunity grows and so do the associated ideas. That's beautiful! But also confusing. During the discussions sparked by the Wurzen issue many yuniteers articulated statements and tried to figure out their personal primary objectives, their take on using money and what the name yunity signifies for them. Some statements:
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We still value diversity, all of us, and nobody wants to see their personal yunity vision diluted by other, less consequent or strict , interpretations, so it basically is a dispute about the scope of the yunity brand. This is something we can figure out, especially when working together! 