@n3verm0re @dennyhenke I'm not disagreeing or attempting to argue the well made points. That said, raising our gaze above the horizon this is the story of humankind. Every organizing structure needs to control and reshape its history and narrative in order to maintain itself. Even when they fall, those who succeed them do the same.
Largely, while we focus our blame on gov'ts and countries, those things are relatively new in the history of this type of behavior.