^^ It's certainly harder for many people like us. I'm the same way, I don't need someone telling me what to do and believe, and I also have absolutely no desire to accumulate power over others, to be "the boss". I was a boss one time when I ran a painting business for a year and it didn't jive with me, hiring and firing, telling people what to do, etc.
I've been ruminating over human nature a lot lately, specifically why it is that some people seem to have a sociopathic drive towards control, whether it's those who seek to become absolute rulers over others, or those who seek to accumulate wealth infinitely at any cost well beyond what any person could possibly need for a hundred lifetimes. Both of these types I feel are the expression of the innate flaw in the human race. Though the majority of people are good at heart (if perhaps sheep-like in their seeking for someone else to guide them), there are always those who seek to subjugate others for their own ends. These types, unfortunately, are the ones generally attracted to positions of power and are in the best position to gain that power, because it fits with their personalities. And it's people like that who are fucking everything up for the rest of us. And these days, because of our level of technology, they are also fucking up the planet itself. Our species has a long history of conquest and war among ourselves and also, before we wiped them out, the other human-like species living concurrently like the neanderthals and denisovans. I think this long genetic history of violence and power-seeking has made an indelible impression on our species, one that I hope we can grow out of. But we're certainly not there yet, if we will ever get there.
