Power imbalances don't 'suck.' They evolved to provide advantages. In The Cohesive Foragers: Human and Chimpanzee, Margaret Power writes: "The charismatic-depe

Power imbalances don't 'suck.' They evolved to provide advantages. In The Cohesive Foragers: Human and Chimpanzee, Margaret Power writes: "The charismatic-dependent relationship is adaptive toward keeping subgroups together as they range, foraging. If all members of a subgroup were equally self-assured, there would be more of a tendency for each individual to go it’s own way, and a lone animal or human is usually more vulnerable to attack. "The more nervous, easily aroused, dependent chimpanzees, through their quick response to disturbance in the group or to danger from without, act to alert the less easily aroused, less observant, charismatic members. One or more of the confident individuals then respond to the situation, backed by the support of the more dependent members. Thus the response is more by group consensus than leader-initiated."