As government's power increases... brutality will increase proportionately.

As government's power increases as in recent weeks and months as well years and decades, political corruption, abuse even brutality will increase proportionately.

Inevitably, factions form, rise, divide then agitate, becoming progressively violent in word and action, not to reduce government's increased power but to control it for their own preference.

For any form of power incites and excites covetousness above all other temptations.