Might have some parallel to that German noble who tried that recent coup, and the QAnon/Jan 6 silliness? So much masturbatory daydreaming over the inevitability of some amorphous Cause claiming the throne of heaven that there's no brainspace left to seriously consider that there might be suffering involved for their actual person.

It might be considered "good" for getting your stormtroopers to charge across open ground (if only once per stormtrooper), but possibly not the best for resilient leadership.