From "the tyranny of structurelessness" by Jo Freeman
"There is no such thing as a structureless group."
...
"Elites are not conspiracies. Very seldom does a small group of people get together and deliberately try to take over a larger group for its own ends. Elites are nothing more, and nothing less, than groups of friends who also happen to participate in the same political activities. They would probably maintain their friendship whether or not they were involved in political activities; they would probably be involved in political activities whether or not they maintained their friendships. It is the coincidence of these two phenomena which creates elites in any group and makes them so difficult to break."
https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm
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