"What do all men with power want? More power."

"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

I feel like we have to re-learn the lessons of history every few decades. These things have never worked out well for us in the past and yet despite thousand of historical examples, in every generation or three, a not-small group of people arises swearing that this time is different.

Literally the only way to protect humanity from itself is to prevent the concentration of power and here we are, doing it again.