It seems to me that there
is a strong and dangerous human tendency to concentrate power. This proclivity ranges from a head of the household, to head of a government, to head of a religion, to monotheistic deities. A one-stop shopping
solution at which to concentrate our attention is obviously easier, requiring much less work and brainpower to drive action. Even if people see the inherent problems of
a single person having super power with little or no restraints, we always seem to end up drifting in that direction while ignoring the clear warnings from history against doing so.
It's
likely a default desire we have to concentrate our efforts to influence a source of power. In addition, praising or
demeaning a diffused group is much less satisfying than doing so for a single
and powerful entity. Concentrating efforts on one face instead of
many seems to makes people less passive generally because there is an easy and clear target for their attention.
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