Great crimes are possible with centralised power sources led by a single strong person who cannot be removed. If you spread the power amongst a committee and en

Great crimes are possible with centralised power sources led by a single strong person who cannot be removed. If you spread the power amongst a committee and enforce a regular turnover of it as part of your political process, then you greatly mitigate the risk of "great crimes". In fact I regard this as a cornerstone of democracy.