“...the bona-fide psychopath, who has no interest in “for their own good”, but instead seeks power itself, for the sole purpose of having it and exerting iron control over the populace.”
How many politicians, military leaders and cops do you suppose fit that description?
Excellent question. IMHO, those that you’ve mentioned are more along the lines of “ve vere just following orders”. But the psychopath who actually dreams up those orders and causes them to be implemented is sort on a different level. (I hope this makes some type of sense — it’s most always easy to be 100% precise in describing that I see in my mind’s eye.)