The nature of tyranny and the fate of slavery

“A despotic government is naturally despotic in all its branches, from the supreme despot to the policeman, to the janitor, to the street sweeper, and each category is only from the lowest of his class in morals, because the lowest of the class do not care, of course, about dignity and good reputation. Rather, the ultimate goal of their endeavor is to prove to their master that they are like him, supporters of his state, and greedy for eating the fallen from whatever they may be, whether they are humans or pigs, their fathers or their enemies. In this way, the despot trusts them and they trust him, so he participates with them and they participate with him. The number of this employed group increases and decreases according to the intensity or lightness of the despotism. The more the despot is keen on oppression, the more he needs to increase the army of those who glorify him and work for him and protect him.”