I would actualy give the not so benefit of the doubt even to powerful people. Everyone does stupid shit all the time. There is however a significant difference

I would actualy give the not so benefit of the doubt even to powerful people. Everyone does stupid shit all the time. There is however a significant difference in how the fallout of this dumb shit affects people. Powerful people may do dumb shit and then due to the power sweep the consequences away from themselves. While everyone else would have had to face these consequences. And thats the fundamental issue. Too much power allows dumb decisions to stand unchallenged, and removes the possibility for self correction (due to consequences). Which is fundamentally why the power of singular people needs to be limited.