Truly, the very worst among us are drawn to be in power. And it seems no longer possible to hold reckless talk like this responsible.
“Truly, the very worst among us are drawn to be in power.”
And they’ll give the boss sloppy bj’s to get it.
You are very correct.
Sociopaths with delusions of grandeur are drawn to positions of influence (not just public office but also inside government agencies as well as in private sector such as so-called “journalism”) like moths to the flame. They can’t resist the call, and while I’d imagine that many recognize within themselves what they would call “a chance to make a difference” as a kind of activist reason for doing it, most don’t recognize their own narcissistic NEED to manipulate their fellow human being.
...and it’s all born out of a place of deep insecurity in my opinion. Many of these people have already started polished skills of social charm well before they enter the arena’s of power and influence that suck them in. Sociopathic urge to manipulate is both the compulsion and the high, and whenever they have success in doing it, they feel a little bit farther from the shadowy depths of fear and insecurity at the source of it all.
It’s easy to see why this call for an election to mean “life or death” happens. Fear-mongering is prevalent in politics (from many sides) these days, and is the result of an escalation in the dread of loss of social control. They would tell themselves privately that it’s simply a tool of persuasion, but it’s really a projection of the equivalency to existential threat to them. Losing their grip on control IS an existential threat!
I love this line from the book Dune (paraphrased): You’ve heard that Power corrupts, a more precise form is: power attracts the corruptible. I think of this when I remember that George Washington refused to run for a third term.