I think this is an emergent phenomenon of our instinct to form a pack or tribe. Individualism is suicide in the jungle. We all have to sleep sometime.

Leadership that always seeks the new (Asperger's/hunters) vies for dominance with security of familiar places and people. Each has its advanatages and disadvantages, so tribes survive based on useful leadership. Sometimes it's more useful to be a bully than wise, and with the aggressive nature of intelligence to solve problems (and capture stuff), the bullies have almost always gained the most growth for any tribe.

War gods always win over tree spirits.

The highest paid public employee in almost every state is a sportsball coach.

"Reason's got nuthin' to do with it." -Mr Gibbs, Pirates of the Caribbean