Social power exerts an irresistible attraction on people suffering from narcissistic personality disorder. Career obsession, unbridled self-centredness, a winner's mentality and fantasies of grandeur are all traits that pave the way for the narcissistically disturbed personality to the switchboards of economic or political power. By preferring to surround themselves with yes-men, admirers and cunning manipulators, these individuals obtain confirmation of their self-image, but undermine their self-perception and solidify their illusionary world view, which is shaped by images of the enemy. Stirring up xenophobia and violence against scapegoats is one of the preferred techniques of domination of narcissistically disturbed leaders. Blinded by his own fantasies of greatness and omnipotence, the narcissist loses contact with the social.