How could a huge number of Americans fail to see through the “charisma” of an egocentric, substance-and-person abusing, self-serving individual who so devalued the life of others that he would order his followers to death?

When Gandhi and virtually the whole leadership was arrested during the Salt Satyagraha of 1930 leadership devolved, successfully, onto every individual. This kind of leadership was one of Gandhi’s most striking achievements. His concept of “heart unity” — that if people want one another’s fulfillment they are one despite any differences of class, status, or whatever — applied to leadership.