I agree that it is unrealistic to think that any group of people can function peacefully and productively without some kind of authority. Think of why teachers are present when students are working. The temptation to wander off and do something else is so great that students will not hesitate to procrastinate during a teacher’s absence.
I have firsthand experience with this because this happens constantly at school. Students like us sometimes have the urge to procrastinate whenever possible. When you procrastinate, two parts of your brain are actually battling. One causes you to think that because the teacher is gone, you have the right to go crazy. The other makes you work. Unfortunately, in most cases the part which urges you to do something else is considerably stronger, so students tend to procrastinate more. In my classes, whenever a teacher leaves, everyone starts babbling. In no time, the classroom turns to absolute pandemonium unless order is restored.
Teachers or authority is needed mostly to help people keep on track. To be organised and neat are also important. If there isn’t any leader at all, there is chaos. Everyone will be yelling and fighting. In Egypt there were many recent riots because of the fact that there was no one to govern them. The laws that kept them at bay became too lax. Chaos broke out and order could not be restored until evasive action was used. Leaders are needed to sustain the laws, to make sure that no chaos is formed. Even now, during the riots in Hong Kong, police are keeping them calm to prevent them from running around and blocking roads.
In conclusion, order is essential when people want productivity. Otherwise chaos is omnipresent.
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