Completely agree with your observations. But there's a certain nice quality to the leaders being people who provide genuine energy and guidance rather than peop

Completely agree with your observations. But there's a certain nice quality to the leaders being people who provide genuine energy and guidance rather than people who just claim control and demand things. In addition to the passive masses, things like meetup groups tend to attract people who want titles or to boss people around or to take credit for things, but at the same time are really not offering anything that is of value to members. (demanders, not providers) And unfortunately lots of companies are run this way too; the nominal leadership is parasitic and the majority of the constructive force is provided by people who have lower titles, less authority, less control of the environment and don't get credit for anything. Leaderless isn't great but parasitic "leadership" by demanders isn't either.