People are used to being governed

Yep, it's been going on forever and we are primates after all, but we have also now evolved beyond the point where many of our animal instincts are of any use and starting to hold us back. Truly independent individuals are rare.

Besides our tendency to follow the self-appointed alpha of the pack, group or organisation, there is a perverse collective Stockholm Syndrome at play. Humans tend to fall in love with their captors.