Where is the leader from?

An artwork by Jan Švankmajer, @ Eye Filmmuseum

In order to satisfy his needs as directly and comprehensively as possible, man looks around for a rule: in its inception, that rule is as far as he is concerned, a living, visible, tangible thing: it is his father, his master, his king. The greater a man's ignorance, the more implicit his obedience, the more absolute his confidence in his leader.

-- P. J. Proudhon, from No Gods, No Masters by Daniel Guerin