COMMUNITY OR COMPULSION
Since chaos (in groups) is unpleasant, it is common for the members of a group in this stage to attack not only each other but also their leader. “We wouldn’t be squabbling like this if we had effective leadership,” they will say. “We deserve more direction than you’ve been giving us, Scotty.” In some sense they are quite correct; their chaos is a natural response to a relative lack of direction. The chaos could easily be circumvented by an authoritarian leader – a dictator – who assigned them specific tasks and goals. The only problem is that a group led by a dictator is not, and never can be, a community. Community and totalitarianism are incompatible. From The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace by M. Scott Peck, pg. 92, 1987
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