Authority and Exploitation

Too many people, when they see an exploitative authority, only think about reducing exploitation in terms of removing that authority. Unfortunately, removing a stable authority that's exploitative will generally not cause less exploitation, just more instability. As the remaining people and groups with power clamber over each other to gain power.

Not to mention, systems that are unchanging and where power relationships are stagnant may be bad and unfair, but they can be quite stable for quite a long time. Systems where power relationships are changing and evolving, especially during periods of rapid evolution, that's where the biggest danger lies.

That's not to say things can never change for the better. But changing things for the better is usually a lot more complicated than taking out "the bad guys."