nostr:npub1a3u8nrlyjxycyes90uqwga3saylcqpnyrfjfehtrmx3c0372l2pqdsvw69 nostr:npub1ay7n2al4n343qfhzcnn222mxcreper79ky30w0sstlpk04c3fjvqpa87m2 either that, or the framework created for that authoritarianism to be used 'benevolently' is easily subverted by a future person less benevolent.

This is touched on in A Man For All Seasons, on the subject of Henry VIII and the religious split from Rome.

I talked about this a bit in a piece on British parliamentary rule changes to force through Brexit legislation a while back:

https://garius.medium.com/and-the-devil-turned-round-on-you-7be29f464041