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INTRODUCTION Crowds invariably select a leader. Our nature is to look for a leader and then give that leader affection and power. While we may recognize the importance of having a leader, we seldom bother with reflecting on “how” this occurs. This brief effort attempts to understand “how” we select a leader. TRANSFERENCE At one time, a psychiatric paper always referenced Freud. No longer. Both Freud and psychoanalysis are discounted by many as wild and fanciful speculations at best or humbug at worst. What is forgotten is that Freud observed and recorded aspects of human nature for the first time...