I am not sure about the idea that the higher they rise the less harm they can do.

Has anyone watched the various forms of the TV show The Apprentice and done so with the same sort of horror as I have - at the sort of attitudes that are being encourged by the likes of Donald Trump and Alan Sugar?

To my mind these two embody the whole problem highlighted in this thread but are practically viewed as minor (or perhaps not so minor) divinities, whose every bullying word and gesture is to be savoured, treasured and most worryingly - imitated by the keen aspirants.