Sociopaths are always, always drawn to power in whatever form they can leverage. Being the head of a local church, or PTA, or HOA, is a good one because then you can sway and control a good number of people right around you.
And when you have no empathy and therefore no conscience, which is the definition of sociopathy, there's nothing you won't do to gain and hold your little scraps of power.
Sociopaths are always, always drawn to power in whatever form they can leverage. Being the head of a local church, or PTA, or HOA, is a good one because then you can sway and control a good number of people right around you.
And when you have no empathy and therefore no conscience, which is the definition of sociopathy, there's nothing you won't do to gain and hold your little scraps of power.
That's what you're seeing here.