Humanity just can't let go of Kings and Tyrants because sharing power is hard. Its easy if one person holds all the power and doing whatever they want.
There's a concept in my culture which is politely named the House Negro.
Back in slavery, if you were a field Negro (again, using the nice name), you would be working like a dog, whipped, chained, bred, basically starved and fed the scraps (which we seasoned up so nice that the Masters smelled and wanted the Black women to cook for them). You were cattle that could speak english.
The House Negro were the butlers. They were given clothes to wear. Better food. Enough time with the Masters that they actually became fond of the House Negroes.
The thought is that the House Negro would sometimes think themselves better than the regular field-hands. The masters never whipped them. They would trust them with things. Reward them. They must be better. If they were going to live in a culture and timeframe that would always be disparaging to their kind, might as well live at as high of the top as you can get.
This is the mentality that shares with your thoughts. You might not be the king, but kiss up to the king enough and he might let you keep a bit more of your possessions because you pleased him.
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