01-07-2010, 09:30 PM
Quote:...it requires only one strong leader to stand up and they all start running behind him and commit hideous crimes...Like Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, Mugabe, Amin, al-Bashir, etc, etc, etc.
The critical part is "ideology" and "strong leader". What you are missing is that the group must be without checks and balances to limit the leaders power.