Who needs leaders.

It is hard to understand the reaction of North Korean people to the news of the death of Kim Jong Il, the President. The news was first broken on national television by a dour looking woman who immediately broke into sobs. This was followed by incredible scenes of everyone on the streets, public transport and offices sobbing without control. Grown men were banging on tables while crying loudly. " Oh why did you have to leave us," said one who looked to be at least 50 years old. To be sure a lot of people had no tears, so made it up with histrionics. The whole thing looked astonishing, ridiculous and scary, very scary. Why should educated and rational adults behave in such an embarrassing manner? It is obvious that they are doing what is expected of them. If so, have they been so brain-washed that they have become automatons responding automatically to cues given by the government? Thankfully such control would be well nigh impossible in India.North Korea is a homogeneous country speaking one language while India is a diverse country with scores of languages, differing cultures and completely different climatic conditions leading to different demands by the populace. This diversity was a weakness that was exploited by marauders who conquered the country at different times but is probably what protects us from such a dictatorship. We had our own Dear Leader, Great Leaders and have a Great Successor with an army of sycophants who would stoop to any perversion to get him to power but their power does not extend to the whole country. The country is divided into territories controlled by regional crime bosses who want their own spawn to capture power leading to competition and score settling which protects us from becoming a North Korea or a Burma. This is ultimate capitalism. Competitive villainy preventing power from concentrating in any one individual, family or party, leading to a balance forcing protagonists to settle for " democracy ". Did Adam Smith have something to say about this?