Bad people think they're great. Rich bad people with absolute power KNOW they're great.
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Human nature truth ftw.
We can quote all the books we want - people are corrupt and even modern day armies (or politicians/power groups) mistreat and abuse people. And "human rights" have really only been around for the last 50 or 60 years (and even the nations that "signed" onto them . . ignore them when its convenient). Prior to that they were laws meant to empower certain groups or classes of people.