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A committee of engineers?

They'd still be arguing over standards a thousand years from now.

As to strong leadership, it would have to be dictatorial with the threat of death for showing dissent to get anything done.

A committee is just that, a bag of air that gets nothing done through disagreement.

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A group that has to make a compromise watering down what needs to be done so most of it isn't done.

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A group that needs to be seen to be doing something then rushes blindly forward and does it without realising the consequences.

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A group of head nodders that agree to everything the biggest gob tells them, the biggest gob incidentally is usually the one who knows the least.