The Führerprinzip was expounded upon by supporters in the 1930’s, such as Carl Schmitt, and resulted in the common Nuremberg Trial defense of ‘only following orders’. In fact, the psychology of fascist authoritarian leaders has been examined in some depth because it led to the Holocaust – a fact worth recalling in present-day Thailand given that a senior Thai monk in a royally-patronized monastery has called for any death of a Buddhist in the insurgency in the Deep South to be met with the arson of a mosque. Essentially, while authoritarians follow right-wing leaders, as discussed in the Thai context here, right-wing leaders demonstrate a high ‘social dominance orientation’. This means that they like to wield power and intimidate, and they do this because they tend to be ruthless and do not believe everyone is equal, instead being prejudiced against subordinate or disadvantaged groups, such as women, ethnic minorities, and homosexuals. Moreover, they are attracted to employment in socially hierarchical professions, such as the police and the military, and they tend to disagree with affirmative action for minorities.