oh dear
“And government (to define it de facto, or according to modern prudence)
is an art whereby some man, or some few men,
subject a city or a nation,
and rule it according to his or their private interest;
which, because the laws in such cases are made according to the interest of a man,
or of some few families,
may be said to be the empire of men,
and not of laws.”
--- James Harrington (or Harington)
January 3, 1611-September 11, 1677