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[–]scrubking[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's an element of abusers seeking out positions of power to protect themselves as well though.

Also people with psychopathic traits being less risk adverse so they will push themselves forward in situations where others would think twice. But psychos are less than 1% of the population and less than 5% of people in powerful positions so still the minority.