I’m not gonna hurt ya. I’m just going to bash your brains in.
Contrary to the Machiavellian cliché, nice people are more likely to rise to power. Then something strange happens: The very traits that helped leaders accumulate control in the first place all but disappear once they rise to power. Instead of being polite, honest and outgoing, they become impulsive, reckless and rude.
Psychologists refer to this as the paradox of power.
