In Ivan Karamazov's the Grand Inquisitor, he argues the absurdity of believing in God because, in order to believe, you have to believe in an evil, capricious God. He says that people, when given true freedom, are most miserable because of the apparent inability to chose the best for themselves. Therefore, Ivan argues that it's best for the intelligent ones to control the lesser ones, and for the lesser ones to uncompromisingly submit to the leaders' control. I think this is ok as long as the leaders are Godly and follow Godly principles and don't adhere to what Ivan wants--leading the lemming-like people comfortablly toward their own spiritual destruction. What do you think?