People at the head of large hierarchies do tend to be sociopathic. Take unions for example. The rank and file actually tend to be conservative, while the leaders tend to be sellouts to their fellow sociopaths in Big Government pretending to be liberal.
Seems the word sociopath is no longer politically correct, and these days we have to call it antisocial personality disorder. It's pretty much the same thing tho and a while folks in charge often seem to be anti-social and lack conscience most of the time it's not the case. OK, so the folks in charge get an idea in their head, they claim it as their own, they ignore all nuance and shades of grey, and yell 'full speed ahead' and woe to anyone who doen't jump.
That is a definition of leadership and humankind functions because we can easily form groups w/ leaders and followers. We need both tho I got to admit I've never fit in very well with either role...