When I see how some of these Cruise Line CEOs responded to the USA shutdown and our CDC onerous regulations, I sense the Peter Principle is in play. -Tom
"The Peter Principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their "level of incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another."
The Peter Principal is the norm in my experience. In Politics you need mix in dishonesty and a pathological need to control people.