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     Conformists  in a conformists society follow the lead
of people whom they perceive to have power,  the respected
traditionalists  who  are following each other's  lead  in
maintaining traditions.  Everybody follows what "they" are
doing and nobody knows exactly who "they"  are who set the
pattern.

     Enter  the  prophet  who is  a  non-conformist  in  a
creative way.    The  prophet  will  not  affirm  all  the
traditions  of  the  conformist  society---and  will  take
initiatives.    If the powerful leaders of the  conformist
make  the effort to ignore the prophet,  their  conformist
followers will get the message that it is worth the effort
to  ignore the prophet,  and that in fact it would be hard
to  attend  to  the prophet.   Since inaction  takes  less
effort than action, it is by collusion clear that inaction
with  respect  to the prophet is easier than  action  with
respect  to  the prophet.   From another  perspective  the
inaction   is  made  possible  by  difficult   repressions
motivated    by    the   collusions   and    threats    of
excommunication.  The inaction with respect to the prophet
is threats of excommunication.   The inaction with respect
to the prophet is thus not easy, and may be more difficult
than attending to and responding to the prophet.

     Conformists  copy  not  only action,   but  inaction.
Conformists take their cue from what their leaders do-not-
do  as much as from what their leaders do.    Inaction  in
situations  which  obviously  call for action  is  a  very
significant  form  of  action.    Conformists  copy   such
significant  forms of action and fear to step out of  line
and  take  action  which respected leaders  have  not  yet
taken.    To  do what is obviously called for  before  the
leaders of a conformist society have taken such  action---
is to step out of line and to assume the role of prophet--
-and accept the risks of excommunication which are the lot
of  the prophet.   Only slowly do the  conformist  leaders
follow  the  lead of the prophets who do not  follow  them
thoughtlessly.    The  conformist leaders  fear  to  lead.
Instead  they  tend to follow each other and in  so  doing
they  lead each other and yet others to be conformists who
ignore  prophets who reveal new being possibilities  which
shake the foundations of conformity.

                                                                                                                               
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