The primary problem is not human nature; it is authoritarian indoctrination. Yes, if today Washington, DC fell into the ocean, and took all the political crooks with it, the people--BECAUSE they believe in "authority" and "government"--would, one way or another, erect a new ruling class. Because they think that is necessary, and legitimate. However, when people outgrow or escape the belief in "authority," they have no reason to want or appoint a new "king of the island," and no reason to recognize anyone as having the right to be that. That's why my focus is never about one particular regime, but about the BELIEF in "authority." That is what has to go. (That's what my book, "The Most Dangerous Superstition," is all about.)