Originally Posted by
chaidragonfire
The thing about tyrants, is that it's a very difficult game to play.
Most tyrants are dictators, which has given dictators a very negative profile over the centuries.
There are tyrants that have been put in position by other tyrants for more external control over other places or countries.
These are tyrants that are interested in controlling the world, or at least large sections of it.
There are dictators that had benevolent agendas for their people when they started....but once in power.....power has an effect on the weak minded, and soon become tyrants.
A lot of dictators were put into position by their people or governments, because they had hopes of making things better for their people. But power corrupts. You have to be an extremely strong willed individual to say NO to all the evils of the world, every day. And it's extremely rare that happens.
The only thing that corrupt dictators and tyrants understand is death. Which is the only way you can get them out of office. And even then, they are usually replaced by someone even worse. Evil requires a LOT of control. It requires a LOT of resources to keep that control. If an evil tyrant doesn't keep a chokehold on EVERYTHING that goes on, they slip up......and thats when a takeover occurs.
It is just as difficult to keep good control, as it does tyrant control. In either case, humans are fallible. And a slipup is just an opportunity in waiting.