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> are running some well-known big companies.

Or religions, or religious-like communities.

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Has the public at large "seen" those people though? They tend to want to stay out of the limelight, for obvious reasons.
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And whole countries.
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And the rest are in DC.
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The simple concept is some version of the Peter Principal.

You just flat out don’t get into these positions without being a psychopath. Partially that it wouldn’t be attractive to you, and partially that you won’t succeed without those behaviors.

I’m a big fan of conscript political assignments. The people that don’t want to do it I think would make better decisions.

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