So Many Potential Despots

So many despotic and potentially despotic leaders in the World of today Suppose with most people in positions of power it is their natural way To hang on to power at all cost those they perceive as foes they try to eliminate As well as their rivals for power all their opponents they do hate The lust for power is addictive in every power hungry man And most of them when they get power hang on to it for as long as they can From power hungry into despots they eventually grow And from despot to despotic criminal their progression is not slow The fear spread by despotic leaders is an addictive thing And even out of fear of them the masses their praises do sing It started as a lust for power when they were in their life's prime That progressed through the decades to a life of Major crime In most of those who lust for power a despot does reside And because of them far too many good people needlessly have died.