Brian Klaas

People who seek power are often those who will abuse it.

Systems make a difference as to what kind of people who seek power.

“ when you shake hands with a rebel commander who committed war crimes or have breakfast with a ruthless despot who tortured his enemies, it’s startling how rarely they live up to the caricatures of evil. They’re often charming. They crack jokes and smile. At first glance , they don’t appear to be monsters. But many were.“

The dark triad:
- Machavelianism
- Narcissism
- Psychopathy

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This is a valuable non-fiction explanatory thesis on who obtains power, why others do not, how they obtain power, what they do with power, why so many leaders are bad people who are corrupt and how to improve all of these areas. Dr. Klaas has previously written The Despot's Apprentice: Donald Trump's Attack on Democracy (Hurst & Co, November 2017); The Despot's Accomplice: How the West is Aiding & Abetting the Decline of Democracy, (Oxford University Press, December 2016) and How to Rig an Election.… (más)