That means a tribal strongman is the government.
It’s the way it’s been in tribes for as long as men have existed.
This thing called democracy with voters selecting their leaders is a fairly new invention and quite rare.
Check out prehistoric man inaction. Pick on any African nation.
Or look at South Africa as it regressed to bushman tribalism.
Now that I think of it you need not look so far.
Detroit, Chicongo, Philadelphia
That is how the muslims got control of North Africa, the strong man says, if you don’t go to the mosque twice a day, you and the family don’t eat.