"If... you’re successful enough to command the respect of the public, then you should run for office." Is being "successful" (in whatever sense, presumably fin

"If... you’re successful enough to command the respect of the public, then you should run for office." Is being "successful" (in whatever sense, presumably financially here, I guess) what "command[s] the respect of the public"? Maybe, maybe not. A lot of the most "successful" people in SV seem to be creepy freaks: Musk, Thiel, Zuckerberg, the A16Z crowd, and so on. Will people like that win elections? I'm skeptical.