Both work actually, but they are sequentially followed up by eachother. History repeats itself time and time again. Governments, dictators, ... followed by revolt leading to war or even peace, that leads to a new government that leads again to revolt...
The timestamp is always different, but you can be sure... revolt is gonna come, and there will be a form of "government" that will prevail that will eventually abuse its powers again...
That's plain history...