This is not a case of child-rearing: this is a case of people who, in a normal situation, would act normally, BUT when put in a position of IMPORTANCE, turn into whacked out loons.

I've known plenty of people that, as Joe Worker did their job competently, were friendly, and played well with others. But there is this personality that when they get a bit of POWER they turn into these nutcases. They are never wrong. And even when they are wrong they argue they are substantially right.

Some will pursue courses that have no viable result, yet continue to pretend that they do (despite all evidence otherwise). Bust these people back down to "regular joe/jane office worker" and they go back to being normal.

No, it is that whiff of power, even if a little, that becomes so intoxicating as to blur their senses.