It's often the case that the wolves you know are preferable over the wolves you don't.
Competing pathocracies and all that.
If some asshole wasn't in charge, some bigger asshole would be instead.
Call it neural-darwinism, for those that like to talk fancy and huff farts.
Any time 2 or more people are together, someone wants to be in charge.
Any time 2 or more people are together, someone wants to be in charge.
It's not whether you want to be in charge, its whether you are more qualified, and whether you try to be in charge.
Pathocracies emerge when someone who is less qualified than someone else, pursues and obtains a position through fraud. Likewise, they may emerge, when people more qualified don't pursue a job or position versus people less qualified, because the more qualified don 't want it, or are prevented or discouraged from trying.
So if you're trying for any sort of organization that isn't a pathocracy, having people who are self-aware, professional, even humble, is a huge advantage.
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