{"id":260060,"date":"2025-08-13T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?post_type=snippet&#038;p=260060"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:56:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:56:32","slug":"dont-follow-leaders","status":"publish","type":"snippet","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/snippet\/dont-follow-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t follow leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do we need leaders? Most people think we do. Even the Green Party, reputed to be one of the most \u2018horizontal\u2019 in their organisation, are currently locked in a leadership struggle between different candidates. This is a symptom of the almost universal notion that positive change can only happen if certain exceptional individuals hold power &#8211; even though reality has shown us time and time again that this is an illusion.<\/p>\n<p>The kind of society the Socialist Party works for is borderless, wageless and moneyless &#8211; and entirely leaderless. It will come about when most people&#8217;s sense of powerlessness has given way to a recognition of the need for a society of entirely democratic organisation and decision-making \u2013 with no leaders and no followers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-260060","snippet","type-snippet","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet\/260060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/snippet"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}