Well, this might be a cultural thing, but the title of this thread is “How would you describe the identity of OSM” and descriptions can come across as definitive
In any case, your part about “emphasize freedom and equality so much that…” was part of what I tried to capture as “an ongoing experiment”. I actually don’t perceive a direct causality between the emphasis on freedom and the difficulties to coordinate, but that’s part of why debating about this is interesting.