Im not trying to start an argument, but rather this is a great topic to discuss. But I always ask people the same question to see where their head is at.

Why does everything have to do with someone trying to gain authoritarian power over another group of people? Its true for societies that are ruled based on maintaining power. But in the modern world, governments remain in power by giving to society and the reason why thats true today, is that the majority of people have a voice. Look at Egypt, Hong Kong and the 1,000s of protest that takes place in the US everyday (except for today of course, cause were all being secretly desensitized to authoritarianism by way of coronavirus!).