The best way to understand this principle is if you are familiar with the episode of Lost in Space (season 1, episode 24) that has Dr. Smith becoming a king.

Basically, it's about making a leader that you put all the blame on when things go wrong so the followers do not have to take responsibility for their actions, or have something just to blame bad luck on.

There are countless examples in u.s.a. politics of where the president was used as a scapegoat and a world public image was presented that the citizens of the u.s.a. (or nature) was not responsible for the results of a problem. (Even though they were.) This also provides a guilt relief mechanism, as well as a blame mechanism.

(Note : I'm not sure of the spelling of Sleemoth or Gloog.)