Behind a leader there must be followers, but they should always be on the lookout for the main chance and ready to change sides if the current leader doesn't deliver.

Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off.

Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other.

Institutions have the pathetic megalomania of the computer whose whole vision of the world is its own program.

Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command.

Any great organization can go through sectarian phases.

It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.