That's the problem, isn't it? [ There is a slight smile on his lips but it fades. This was always the problem. People who came to these places were often leaders in a way or had the ego of one. Everyone wanted the same thing but couldn't agree on how to do it. Factions formed, and separated the people. Sometimes it was extreme, sometimes not. ]
There's only one person in the world, in my experience, that's ever managed to make a leadership position functional. He just has this infectious way about him. People want to listen. People feel valued, and are. It took about four wars over the span of several eras to find someone like that.
I don't have any ambition to be like that. I just want a network of people willing to share, inform, and come to rational decisions. Whoever takes the lead on any given choice we make can be decided then and there based on the collective.
Looking for a leader would be premature in any event.
[And if people balked at being organized, they'd down right rebel if someone tried to assert something like authority. At the same time, it could be useful. It kept people from getting too settled here, which could be to their advantage.]
Your goal seems more realistic. Just people who talk to each other, if things go south maybe they work together...?
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There's only one person in the world, in my experience, that's ever managed to make a leadership position functional. He just has this infectious way about him. People want to listen. People feel valued, and are. It took about four wars over the span of several eras to find someone like that.
I don't have any ambition to be like that. I just want a network of people willing to share, inform, and come to rational decisions. Whoever takes the lead on any given choice we make can be decided then and there based on the collective.
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[And if people balked at being organized, they'd down right rebel if someone tried to assert something like authority. At the same time, it could be useful. It kept people from getting too settled here, which could be to their advantage.]
Your goal seems more realistic. Just people who talk to each other, if things go south maybe they work together...?