> In each case, you also have to consider the possibility that each government is acting in the best interest not of the governed, but of the individual or grou

> In each case, you also have to consider the possibility that each government is acting in the best interest not of the governed, but of the individual or group doing the governin That's absolutely true, which is why we have courts, representative legislatures, and elections. Methods of mitigating the corruption of the governing class are built into the system. It doesn't work quickly or perfectly, but it's better than autocracy.