I'm not so sure about your assertions here. AFAICT, the people I've worked with who are conservatives just generally wouldn't be that interested in working on

I'm not so sure about your assertions here. AFAICT, the people I've worked with who are conservatives just generally wouldn't be that interested in working on a volunteer software project like that. They'd rather spend their free time with their fishing boat or something. I don't think they really care enough about software to get involved in a FOSS project. So I think FOSS projects may attract personalities that are more extreme than typical developers, with more personality defects. But I completely agree about needing active management. I think this is true for any organization. You're just not going to get good results if you don't have some kind of leadership keeping people in line.