Eh, ahahaha, like a dictator, sort of! Wouldn't want that to happen.
That, and people who try to protect through methods of violence tend to lose sight of their goals. Either that or they die first. People aren't really moved by war or ideas, as much as they'd like to believe they are.
[This next bit is private, because tech savvy muses are win] And hey! Let's keep this a secret, haha! I served in the army for almost the entire duration of a war back home. I don't really want to be assosciated with ex-soldiers, though, that's a part of me that I've left behind.
[Sakamoto does not mention that he considered a monster during the war. That information was not necessary. He was ashamed of it, to a certain extent. There were more peaceful ways of settling things. He had learned that war didn't really solve anything. People were still dying for a cause that hadn't been settled in their hearts even after the war was over and things had supposedly been settled in rules and regulations.]