Yeah they're a dangerous machiavellian menace who respect nothing but their own thirst for power and they wear that proudly. People like this have existed since the first empires of man. All of our modern institutions like science, civil society, public education, and critical thinking are designed to fight off this perennial threat. It's being subverted by making people distrust and ignore these things. Ok obviously.
Where's the connection to HN though? I don't see the angle...