On Saturday, 17 February 2018 03:03:47 UTC+1, RichA wrote:

Despotism is the failure to guard against the inadequate being allowed to rule well above their pay grade.

Some of the greatest intellectuals made great despots. Marx, Lenin, neither were idiots.

"Inadequate" and "idiot" are two very different words and have very different meanings. Idealistic communism might seem to offer a benign sharing of wealth and production. But has _always_ been hijacked by psychopaths. Just as has has _every other_ means of social control and organization of the people and its wealth. Control [of others] is as attractive as a black hole for sociopathic, social inadequates. Their needs always exceed that of every other. If they can't get their own way they will destroy everything within their power and range.