"but in history plenty of people have put their faith in charlatans, warlords and cocky individuals who promise the world.".... gee that sounds like Trump, Abbott, Howard Johnson and so many populist demagogues. We have history being created every day . they would all like to be seen as the Messiah.... but all we get is the mess.
yes we all like to think were have the answers, especially when drunk.
as the Roman Emperor Claudius is thought to have said.... "let all the evils in the world hatch out". Just when we think we've found the person with the answers they turn into cane toads and destroy everything that needs fixing.