World History

however unpleasant it may have been.

But it so often happens that those who rise up to replace a tyrannical regime end up becoming as bad, or even worse, than the regime they replace. Oliver Cromwell, Josef Stalin, Robert Mugabe, etc., etc. And Danton and Robespierre can be included in that group.

Something about human nature … Few seem to know when they've achieved what they set out to do and voluntarily step aside.