@wdlindsy FWIW, one of the common ways by which an authoritarian followers recognise the authoritarian leader is, they perceive him [sic] to be a special kind of man who "can do thing not permitted to mere mortals". Immorality is often explicitly a feature sought for in the Führer, although authoritarian streams have varied substantially in what kind of immorality is expected and what kind is unacceptable.Historically, though, acquired visible deformities have been a far higher barrier to one's ability to maintain one's status as an authoritarian leader than anything that the leader might do. Some Byzantine emperors even made a point to mutilate the face of their predecessor and/or rivals rather than outright murdering them. (And some first murdered, then mutilated. "Overkill? What's that?")