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Fucking seriously... I wish there were aliens that could save us from ourselves, but it's just oligarchs all the way down...
Epic of Gilgamesh.
Anyway, if they were so benevolent and so much smarter than us, why would they impose their will, and especially if interference might make our extinction more rapid?
Don't worry, the aliens will come, and they'll be oligarchs in their society too.