No, I am sure I have done the same. Sadly, they are the better players in a game that distorts the thinking of the player. If political economic leaders have failed for two thousand years to create a world in which humans can live a life of peace and harmony, then it would be folly to expect that these people will ever do the job. The conclusion would appear to be obvious. Real change must come from people who are free of fear.
Happy people fill the bill.
Unfortunately, modern society has turned the idea of happiness into a simplistic clich . The word has become so trite as to defy definition. So, it would be appropriate to agree on a definition we can work with. I think mother nature would approve. They all cause unhappiness in the same way i.e. they rob the mind of its tranquillity.