“romantic relationships/best friends/therapists are critical for the same reason, where this person can become the primary person who explains you to *you*, the supplement to your internal monologue, and can rewire your understanding of yourself for way better or for way worse.
David Mamet's memo provides guidelines for the writing staff of the TV show "The Unit" regarding the importance of drama, storytelling, and creating engaging scenes that advance the plot.
While members of a community may be willing to give up certain rights or freedoms to belong to something larger than themselves (and reap benefits as a result), members of a collective are much more intensely focused on the affordances of a particular institution (qua collective) and are highly resistant to any loss of agency or freedom