Typical.
He couldn't get a bad apple.
Like all of us, he was raised by threats of death and/or harm for not conforming to somebody else's rules.
When he became the rule maker in his life, when he got to be in charge, he naturally wanted to use force to rule his world, as that is the only conflict resolution tool in his toolbox.
This is how the dystopia perpetuates itself.
If it didn't, we would live in peace.
It is up to us to help lead people to the new path, this one sucks.