Consider that some groups are defined as "cults"; members of these extremist sects generally live communally and obey an authoritarian, charismatic leader. Assume that all cults have fewer than 100 members. This information would tend to weaken the passage's assertions about the:

A. ability of great orators to sway large groups.
B. loss of personality and sense of responsibility.
C. difficulties involved in convening large assemblies.
D. reasonableness of small groups compared to large groups.