[BLKNSLVR]

> actually enjoy the game, or have an unsatiable (fear-driven?) need for status, or something else of this sort

Ie. Somewhat serious mental disorders as requisite for leadership.

I wonder how we got onto this darkest timeline?

[astrange]

If it's adaptive it's not a disorder.

[Aeglaecia]

sweet , a new way to justify addiction

[wiseowise]

Humans were like this since the inception of times. Chieftains, Khans, Czars, Kings, etc.

[H8crilA]

Evolution. It is a brutal process.