I've noticed that all movies and TV shows today end with the protagonist being the one in charge. The fucking rebels in Strar Wars are now the cops! I thought the point of the series was to break free from the empire. Maybe I need to rewatch Firefly.
Discussion
This is the great thing about Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress: at the end, the anarchist professor acknowledges that they've ended up with a government in place of the warden, and then in books set later in the timeline (e.g., The Rolling Stones) we see that the government has grown and become more restrictive.