Perhaps you know more about Tiberius than I do.
Of course it's true that Nero and Caligula had no sway over large numbers of people, as did Hitler, Stalin, and Mao, but they were all five monsters.
Caligula--or "bootsie"--came to power with great popular support but soon lost it as his monstrous nature expressed itself in his behavior.
Of course, such monsters as these should not be allowed to attain great power. The problem is how to prevent it--and how to recognize them before they can. I suppose this is the great dilemma of the Information Age, when one would expect a monstrous nature to reveal itself but is doomed to disappointment by the power of propaganda.
The other question is how much power corrupts and whether anyone is absolutely incorruptible.
Certainly the enormous power concentrated in a place like Washington would be inevitably a magnet for the ambitious and the corrupt and also a corrupting influence on anyone who isn't saintly.
Ambitious people--especially ambitious scoundrels--have always dreamed of seizing the enormous wealth and power of the USA for themselves, some no doubt flattering and deceiving themselves that they would use it only for good purposes. The great danger is that today, with America weakened by decadence, they see a real opportunity for doing it.
The history of Rome is a huge warning. There are many others.
Can the American People save themselves and their precious heritage? Certainly nobody else can.
What do you think?
Can? Yes
But will it happen? I doubt
The reason is that there is too much entrenched centralized power.
What is needed is a confederation and smaller states. I think something like the Swiss confederation pre 1846 would be good