Leadership more often than not bestows bearing upon its nation. They can do so via the media or with a believe system. As they amass momentum it is almost impossible to create enough friction to bring the masses to a stop and take a second look. Reality and truths has no meaning once the momentum peaks and maximum velocity can be maintained with perpetual historic events that keeps the old fears and truths alive.

So there is no sheep mentality when it comes to following leadership "any" leadership. There is only cause and reaction. If you join the masses the cause will be aimed at their intentions and the outcome will be whatever they wish it to be. If you don’t join the masses you become an instant outcast and with it consequences.

Simple physics can calculate the rest but I fear that emotionally you will find some systems are spinning out of control and it will cripple its intended path eventually like truck spinning out of control on a highway. It will take some time to restore function and then the system will just repeat itself. By its design the system cannot change because there is no alternative.