No. In a healthy society, when the people in charge fail, they are demoted or shunned depending on how badly they did. For example, should Judith Miller still have her job at the NYT after cheerleading the march to war in Iraq based on fake evidence? Obviously not. People that perform well and are correct should have the top seats.

It helps to compare the harsh treatment of the average worker to the soft humanized treatment reserved for the bosses and war criminals.