There's a term for this exact phenomenon - Little Eichmann: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Eichmanns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Eichmanns This t

There's a term for this exact phenomenon - Little Eichmann: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Eichmanns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Eichmanns This ties into the concept of the "Banality of evil" which plays out pretty much exactly as you described.