All of human history has been cabals of mentally ill sociopaths amassing wealth and power until they make it so unbearable for everyone else that they get deposed and then we just start the cycle again.

not exactly, but cycles are the rule of life

>>508919839 (OP)
Unfortunately the "deposing" is just the same elite staging a revolution so they can throw the masses off guard for another century or 2

>>508919839 (OP)
And your answer to that is?

>>508920029
Correct.
They redirect the inevitable anger of the masses into plan they already had.
They're most vulnerable during the transition period.