The idea that the government is not evil and incompetent… yet. The higher up you go, the more the risks of bad government get skewed. At low levels and in local government, evil bureaucrats are commonplace and we must live with them. At the top, they are black swan events: Rare but disastrous.

You need to limit the power of any future crazed despot. vindictive bureaucrat, law firm with deep pockets and too much time on their hands, corrupt sheriff, or rogue analyst abusing his security clearance to pick a stock portfolio.