Feels like when Napoleon declared himself emperor, and other countless times when humans succumbed to power and greed when they were finally in the position to

Feels like when Napoleon declared himself emperor, and other countless times when humans succumbed to power and greed when they were finally in the position to make that decision. I guess I’m stupid for holding on hope that Sam would be different. >Beethoven's reaction to Napoleon Bonaparte's declaration of himself as Emperor of France in May 1804 was to violently tear Napoleon's name out of the title page of his symphony, Bonaparte, and rename it Sinfonia Eroica >Beethoven was furious and exclaimed that Napoleon was "a common mortal" who would "become a tyrant"