It's interesting that societies accidentally mimic Roman Dictatorship. Periods of change result in the populace voluntarily handing over power to some sole auth

It's interesting that societies accidentally mimic Roman Dictatorship. Periods of change result in the populace voluntarily handing over power to some sole authoritarian that they hope can cut through the coordination problem and fix some big problem. Then inevitably that person overreaches and we have to overthrow them.