Good points. You can never totally get rid of bad actors that intentionally disturb the decisoin making process
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I'm not talking about "bad actors". The fact that someone has a different goal than you doesn't necessarily mean that your goal is "good" and theirs is "bad".
The point is that a "Consensus Building Process" can't work if participants goals don't align, especially if the participants are passionate about their goals.
If consensus isn't working toward realizing their goal maybe they need to double-check their priorities and either a. compromise or b. exit and create a group of like-minded people.
Free market still operates in consensus-style decision making and if someone is convinced that their goals is more valuable then others they should absolutely leave it to the market to decide. One should be careful though about the means by which they introduce their different proposal as it could cost them greatly if people start discerning hidden motives and intentions not properly disclaimed.