So .... where were they going.. and where had they been, who were they?

they were all going with the crowd, and the leader is the only one who actually had a destination. they are representative of society and how it is ignorant at times, and someday they will realize that they were duped. and as in all things it is habitual that they were the same place the leader was, as they have been following him for a while, ever since they lost the ability to think for themselves...