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macartainyesterday at 11:08 AM0 repliesview on HN

Where else might we find narcissistic, man-children elevated to dangerous levels of authority?!? (most likely that was your point)

I saw a fascinating documentary addressing the fact that the 3 primary leaders of the belligerents in WWI were competitive cousins - amazing that Nicky, George and Little Willi all knew one another as children! And yes, the analysis was that Wilhelm felt excluded and was never very mature - sorry I don't remember the documentary title but there is a summary of the facts here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwone/cousins_...