Politics as Usual?

The control of fear, pain, and destruction seem to be the politics of those who by some gift or endowment come to receive telepathic or eyewitness size views of life in the infinite. These big eyes big eared big mouths all seem to rallied to become the wolves among the dumb sheep that know not the size, shape or depth of reality...
Even human governments play at political correctness while having growing arsenals and research for better weapons in their budgets. Wouldn't want to destroy the world with last years models after all. Even economic powers are used to cause pain among the nations to the pocketbooks of each other's people damaging the ruler's reign delivery of domestic peace and prosperity. An offense that could cost them their heads!
Where would despots be if people did not fear pain or destruction but peacefully ignored both to live their lives until someone gets enough people annoyed to actually improve the relationship between rulership and their people?
Rome tried to destroy Christianity. Islamic extremists want to destroy the decadent west. Who knows how these, or any treatment of another group minding their own business doing their own thing with voluntary participants ever get treated as if they are not egomaniacal tyrants practicing the favorite game of despots, intolerance of their chosen "scapegoat" group to keep the rest glad it is not them the "ruler" is gunning for.