And one noted throughout history. It's easiest to come into power if you're willing to take advantage of others to get there, and so people in positions to make changes that would offer power and convenience to the common people often prefer to consolidate resources to make them harder to depose.

Those in positions to gain power without hurting others are more likely to be benevolent, but may still be unaware of how inaccessible things they take for granted truly are. It's simply not in human nature to think about problems they've never observed direct evidence of.