Sadly no successful society selects their leaders by a hugging competition. Although one could say that by making promotions or appointments exclusive to people you meet at any orgy that is a sort of hugging competition, but only a hugging competition to select those who order people who certainly do not hug to maintain their power.
This may be why Epstein asked so many to befriend predatory animals, a massive long-term sociological experiment to achieve world peace... But isn't hugging discouraged as potentially being sexual harassment?