I found his comments about the addiction of (to) power to be incisive.

He says certain people who have a real sense of insecurity and inferiority need power to feel OK in themselves and to make themselves bigger. In order to get that power (control), they are willing to do extreme things, and to maintain the power (control) once they have acquired it.

The power of addiction is linked to the addiction of power. We see this all around us.