I found this article very relevant to your thread: "The tyrant does not enter history alone. Tyranny is invited by disorder, protected by grievance, excused by faction, and strengthened by the moral evasions of those who should have known better."
Why People Worship Corrupt LeadersThe ancient world understood something we prefer to avoid: corrupt power does not survive only by deceiving people. It survives by giving them strength, revenge, belonging, and permission.www.linkedin.com