1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Cloud Kicker (critialcloudkicker) http://rainbowdash.net/critialcloudkicker http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3459520 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/4320" class="url" title="RDN's Lucifer"><span class="fn nickname mention">nerthos</span></a></span> Because not surrounding you with body guards but instead an enormously thick layer of bullet proof glass is so much more leader-esque ( <a href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&amp;id=1557#comic" title="http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&amp;id=1557#comic" rel="nofollow external">http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&amp;id=1557#comic</a> ) . The only reason the pope has so much control is because he is the head of a massive set of cults. I believe the last &quot;true leaders&quot; as you call it died out far too quickly somewhere in the middle ages. Ofcourse this was also when &quot;countries&quot; were as big as, lets say a third of &quot;zeeland&quot; ( the province ) at best. Humanity ( and in turn, the masses ) have come to accept that there are no more &quot;true leaders&quot; but rather people we pay to govern our intentions the best to their abilities ( pay in the form of taxes )