itsastrawman

The opposite, nepotism, is very unhealthy, so i think you're correct.

There are more than two explanations.

The legal world is a pseudowolrd constructed of rhetoric. It isn't real. The law doesn't actually exist. Justices aren't interested in justice, ethics or morality.

They are interested in paying the bills, having a good time and power like almost everyone else.

They don't have special immunity from ego, debt, or hunger.

The legal system is flawed because people are flawed.

Corporations aren't people. Not even legally. The legal system knows that because all people know that.

If you think that's true legally, then you agree the legal system is fraudulent rhetoric.

I think the quote is misused. Narcissistic self interest is neither incompetence nor malice. It's something else entirely.