@AlmondMagnum true, but I have to agree with @givemersspls. they don't need to make it obvious that they're using them and thus have a few more followers. I don't think that they're bottomfeeders (meaning that they have some people behind/below them). I think expanding one's influence nondestructively is more beneficial. But in (almost) every media the "bad guys" treat their subordinates like shit, killing them left and right. Who'd really want to follow someone like that?