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		pm90 on May 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Oxford taught me about posh people I’m not so sure. The Queen bees responsibilities as a “leader” are literally just to stay alive and reproduce. Most primate leaders have a lot more responsibilities which they need to excel at. Maybe statistically they still turn out to not matter? Would be interesting to know.

cblconfederate on May 31, 2021 [–]

> which they need to excel at.

they usually need to keep themselves in power / get reelected. Not necessarily a criterion of excellence.

pm90 on May 31, 2021 | [–]

Ineffective leadership for tribes would usually lead to its destruction.

cblconfederate on June 1, 2021 | | [–]

there s a lot of space between effective and excellent

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