I m always wary of stories that exaggerate the power of the supreme leader. No one has the magic to impose or mind control more than a few dozen, let alone millions and more. In hindsight it s often convenient for society to blame a bad leader however (should he fail). I don't buy that most people are basically good but cna be misled. The truth is, most of us are never more than a few incentives or threats away from the short-sighted narrow-minded confused and delusional self serving scared little tribal monkey that we all are.