Why Political Power Winds Up in the Hands of the Worst of Us

Since the origins of humankind, we have known what late 20th Century American philosopher Terrence McKenna said at left to be true.  With great consistency, we somehow select the worst people to lead us.

What many have realized, perhaps starting with Plato and Aristotle, is that good leaders do not want power; conversely, it’s our species’ cruelest and stupidest, one could say the “Donald Trumps of Earth,” whose lust for power drive them to the top.