@MookyTroubadour There's numerous descriptive terms that could be used for categorizing TFG. You could say that Machiavellianism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy are interchangeable and somewhat synonymous but are known as the "Dark Triad" and a psychological theory of personality.

@Victor do any of those correlate with or imply a glass-licking level of stupidity? :)

@MookyTroubadour You can say that a person that finds a machiavellian, narcissist, or psychopath as a leader is fooled and becomes a boot-licking idiot. Yes, they need these useful idiots to satiate their self importance. Becoming self aware that you have the ability to fool people because you have "charisma" and use it for your own benefit is a common trait in CEO's... https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2021/10/25/are-narcissistic-ceos-all-that-bad/

@QueenOfEverything @Victor And they ought to be required to take the same tests required to get a green card !!

@QueenOfEverything Politicians take an oath to defend the Constitution yet do otherwise. They resists to write laws preventing them from investing in Wall Street when they have inside information. Do you think they would ever consider making it difficult for them to become politicians by writing a law that forces them to take a test? Pessimistic I am, yet I know that a vast majority of Americans want better from their politicians.