A fascinating thing about Peter Jackson’s Get Back project, is that it shows a classic example of human group…

A fascinating thing about Peter Jackson’s Get Back project, is that it shows a classic example of human group dynamics. The Beatles begin the movie completely dysfunctional. Nobody leads, and they even discuss that they may need that. Thank Billy Preston joins them. /2 https://t.co/92rnb6GAhj

The group is transformed, instantly. Suddenly happy, productive, churning out new music. Like immigration, on a tiny scale, this is how societies are re-energised too. Strangers brought into the group, adding energy and dynamism. But…the group still ends up failing /2 https://t.co/RVNtL1DVay

Nobody leads, or rather the group labours under the same illusions we do, with democracy, that they should all lead. Which means it all collapses. McCartney was clearly the organisational leader of The Beatles. They resented him for it, while relying upon it. /3

That’s what our current political populist leaders don’t understand. True leadership is not often popular. Just as parenting isn’t. It’s knowing what’s right, and doing it despite the protests. /end