Regarding tyranny:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
C. S. Lewis
That is exactly right. I think the key is not that the politician actually intends to be benevolent it is that he knowingly can make his tyranny appear benevolent.
I love that quote, so true.
Definitely applies today.