School board is the lowest level of government that I've observed narcissistic nazi psychopaths. Well, the lady at the counter at the driver's license place, too. But she's not elected.
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Would HOA president/board members be above or below School board?
In one of my 300 level poli sci classes, literally one of the first things the professor said is that in politics, everyone running for office is a power-hungry narcissist. Itβs only a slight exaggeration.
That type of person is at every level of politics. Iβd wager that if you could get data on the real motivations of every person who has ever run for office, youβd probably see the same amount of those people at every level, from school board to president.
I mean it's basically the entire system... You see the same in the business and entertainment world. America is run by power hungry narcissists and built by the humble.
Viva la revolucion. Never settle.
Not just America. People who want power always seek it. I have yet to see a proposed system that could eliminate the ability to gain and abuse power.
I'm honestly shocked you've never heard a candidate for mayor called power hungry. If you spend more time in political spaces you will definitely hear it. I've heard people sling the claim of power hungry at people going for schoolboard, many times. I think the perception at a national level translates to when people engage at the local level, when and if they ever do. So, like, immediately I guess?
You see this even for something as simple as being a mod on a small forum.
I guess it's because my mayor doesn't do much.
This tendency seems to be commonplace in humans. Big sisters/brothers like to tell their younger siblings what to do. You give people any power, there would be some who are bound to abuse it. That's why there is philosophy about anarchism.