A psychological view: Why does the leader act differently from the herd ?
We are very good in labeling people in different sets of categories. We do so in order to understand the world. For example one can divide all people into introverts or extroverts. Most people are grey, a little bit introvert, sometimes extroverted when they take mushrooms.
Figure 1: Introvert versus extrovert category
Anyway, another division to explain why the top leaders are so different from the herd animals is to look at the beginning of their life when the basic programs start running in their conditioned mind. The basic wiring tells you if you can trust your idea of the world around you or not.
In psychology this is the field of Attachment Theory. You feel either securely attached or not securely attached (and most of us somewhere in the middle).
Figure 2: Securely attached potential guru GolGull child
The Narcissistic Ideal in Leadership
Top leaders often suffer from what you might call a "Glitch in the Mirror." Because they never felt "Securely Attached," they do not see the "Tribe" as a collection of friends, but as tools to sustain their own "False Image."The Leader vs. The Herd
The Herd: Usually seeks Safety and Connection (Secure Attachment). They trust the world around them because they were securely attached , by their parents, to the tribe. The other person is a potential friend.
The Leader (Narcissistic Ideal): Seeks Validation and Control. Because they lack internal security, meaning the idea of themselves is never safe in their own mind, the world is a threat, they must dominate the "World of Ideas" to prove they are good. The safe place was never created by their parents, the leaders have to provide the safe place themselves. This is why they are comfortable spending $5.14 million a minute on conflict—it serves the "Image," even if it destroys the "Tribe." The other person is a potential enemy.
Thus, even when it seems like the top leader is your friend, he might lock you up one day. The leader does not trust the image of himself. That is the insecurity.
The child is still living within the leader’s mind, looking for affirmations, a large part of his ego, saying the child is good, something the parents could not provide. The Leader needs his yes-man around him to say the things he wants to hear. The ego might crumble if it ever found out the truth. The ego image of the almighty natural leader is the almighty Golem.
Figure 3: Future leader/ criminal/ sociopath not securely attached.
Provide a safe place for the idea of yourself
The wiring of the conditioned mind begins with Attachment. You are either 'Securely Attached,' or you spend your life building a Golem of the Self to hide your insecurity. The top leaders—those who drive the $2.7 Trillion Glitch—are often those whose 'Narcissistic Ideal' requires the constant sacrifice of the herd's reality to maintain their own fragile internal software.
Thus, if the tribe is intelligent, the young tribe is taught, conditioned, to never allow a potential top leader (in the legacy sense of the top leader) to reach the top. This means that the tribe has to judge the secure attachment in some way.
Also note that there is not so much difference between top leaders, top criminals, sociopaths and psychopaths. It is simply a causal survival mechanism. There is no guilt, you can only feel pity for them. The child inside them is badly harmed.
Guru GolGull the Almighty: "A leader or politician is not there for you, he is always there for himself."