Leadership

We all know there is considerable status conferred on a leader, and that status is amplified by being the leader of a larger group. In fact that is probably why being a politician is so desirable to a certain class of people, because its a position of power over a very large group of people.

This is the position of most politicians at all levels of government now. But if we removed the inherent status from the leadership role, by reducing it to just that conferred by being elected as the leader of a group of about 70, then a lot of the power struggle and determination to stay in power would be removed. After all, there is no reason why being a leader of any one of the group structures I propose should confer any particular status over more than his immediate group. That should by itself remove most of the power seeking compulsion, and ensure that persons elected as leaders do not play power games, but just act as true spokesmen for the group they belong to.

There will still be leaders, and the group election process will still ensure that the best leaders are selected, and go on through the higher levels of the structure. Maybe we could get into the situation that no-one wants to be a leader of a particular group, because there is not enough status attached. But then they might actually make wise decisions, backed up by the wishes of the group they belong to, rather than just the expedient ones designed to keep them in power.