[chongli]

We can't organize because the people with good leadership qualities and other important organizing skills tend to get promoted to management. It's very difficult for people to spontaneously organize without a leader.

[blub]

To me it seems that we can't organize because we're selfish and naive. I don't see anyone except you fretting because of our collective organization skills :)

[chongli]

Collective action has been the challenge of humanity since the dawn of time. We've only been successful with one strategy: picking a leader.

If you want to learn more about this phenomenon, read Meditations on Moloch [1].

[1] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/