Ha gufa. Since they were kovea halacha right and wrong were irrelevant. Which is absolutely inapplicable to our time, when our leaders do not have that power.
So maybe that was a bad example.
The point I was trying to make, is that there is a strong element that we trust talmidei chachamim to make the correct decisions, and we don’t take full individual responsibility for every decision we make.
This is apparent every time you ask any rav a shaila in halacha and do what he says, even though you have no idea whether it is correct or not.