Allowing total control of anything with no input from those affected ends badly. It is independent of if that concentration takes the form of a corrupted govern

Allowing total control of anything with no input from those affected ends badly. It is independent of if that concentration takes the form of a corrupted government or capital accumulation or a warlord. Of those only a democratic government at least has the theory of responding to those governed. Either forms tend to be a hierarchical application of power with few checks.