The idea of building a community around one man, is not only a consequence of my personality that does not allow a second alpha male around the house. It also brings in symmetry. One central male figure allows the group to spin around a leader that enables all the other members to be more or less equal. This avoids the difficulties arising from two captains or from a full democracy.
From my personal business experiments allowing a high level of complete democracy, I have learned that natural and accepted leadership stimulates growth and increases the level of fairness of a group -- provided, of course, the leader is an objective and honest person. I can imagine some of you might be more fond to build a full democratic community, but that is not my personal opinion and drive. Leadership however, is not the same as tirrany. Fair leadership requires the leader to regularly investigate the requirements and feelings of all members, and steer the community towards a direction that allows members to feel well. On the other hand, leadership prevents the group from trying to cover the largest of possible set of requirements. It is better to try to cover a clear and basic set of member requirements and 100% stick to them.
At least that is how I see things.
Sultan Murati
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