"Perhaps there is still time to reject through elections those who seek office only to enhance their own power.
"Or perhaps it is so late that even that approach will not work."
https://theconversation.com/500-years-ago-machiavelli-warned-the-public-not-to-get-complacent-in-the-face-of-self-interested-charismatic-figures-226434
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500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested charismatic figures
Renaissance philosopher NiccolΓ² Machiavelli dissected the threats authoritarian figures pose to representative government.The Conversation