Interesting how politicians -- while in opposition -- lament a government's concentrating power in a few places, implying that once they're in power, they'll involve people in decisions. When they get their chance, they do the opposite.

It's not only politicians. The person at work who complains the loudest that your boss doesn't consult the staff, making decisions autocratically, is the one who's itching to get their chance to be the same way, or worse.