>he very lack of talent that people who use social manoeuvres to get to the top means the groups they dominate won't be very important or effective You'd be su

>he very lack of talent that people who use social manoeuvres to get to the top means the groups they dominate won't be very important or effective You'd be surprised. I grew up in the USSR. People you've just described were everywhere where there was a slight resemblance of power. You don't need to be very effective when you can just stomp your competition into the ground and if you can do this then you are very important.