According to Osho, politicians are perceived as mean because their basic stupidity—unawareness—breeds meanness. Lacking true intelligence, they must compete to win, so they lean on cunning, deception, and hypocrisy. Real intelligence needs no victory and expresses love and compassion. Thus political meanness isn’t power itself; it’s the insecurity of unintelligent minds chasing power.
They act mean because they don’t feel smart or secure inside, so they try to win by tricking and fighting instead of being kind.