Reckon that's what's going on.

[As well as it could be. Factions, small government, armies under the rule of megalomaniacs preserved in glass jars. House wouldn't be the only one of his kind, Dan's sure of it.]

But... I don't reckon it's any better. People that get power do anythin' they can t' keep it, and those that don't...

[He shrugs. You'd think almost complete annihilation would change things, but people never really change.]

They get help from people like me.