But you didn't answer my second remark. Do you think these people are psycho-sociopaths from the beginning and once and for all? And the non-sociopathic ones cannot adopt the same behaviour once in power. If so, as you say, the solution is very simple: we just have to prevent these psycho-sociopaths from reaching powerful positions. Now, we have the problem mentioned by melo: how can we detect them? And how to detect them early enough, before they can do harm? In kindergarten?

Oh, and while I've seen some managers go a long way to avoid firing people, some of the worst management practices I've witnessed were taking place within non-profit organisations led by sincere leftists...

"People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them." - Jean Monnet