after the posts of tribunes were abolished , much later , sulla and caesar were needed to eradicate the corruption of the assemblies , and then , emperors were proclaimed in ancient rome ; and of these emperors , none of them ceased worrying about what would happen if they were to follow their natural wishes to cease the allocation of free grain entitlements to the poor , which were always given begrudgingly.9 in that respect government does , as john locke indicates , emanate from the people.10 whether it should is entirely a different question .