“The worst tyrants are ones who believe they are doing it for your own good.”
It’s how they self-justify being a tyrant.
Let’s them look in the mirror and say “I’m doing great things for those stupid little people. They should NOT complain!”
Excellent insight. The only thing it overlooks is the bona-fide psychopath, who has no interest in “for their own good”, but instead seeks power itself, for the sole purpose of having it and exerting iron control over the populace.