I agree with most of your historical analysis, and I agree with your final sentence (People want safety; they want security; they want conformity; they want power over others.), but I think, of the four things in that sentence, only the first two are fundamental, and the last two are mostly desired as a means to the first two. I.e., people want safety and security, and see the power to ensure others' conformity to their vision of how the world should be as a means to be safe and secure in the way they want to live.
I think if we can create enough freedom and opportunity for people to live as they want to live, in as much or as little community with like minded others as they want, where they don't feel that their particular way of life is threatened, then we will see much, much fewer attempts to control other people.
This is the basic standard of social coexistence: my right to control my world ends at the equilibrium point between my legitimate interest and yours. John Stuart Mill's On Liberty is really great on this topic.
I think if we can create enough freedom and opportunity for people to live as they want to live, in as much or as little community with like minded others as they want, where they don't feel that their particular way of life is threatened, then we will see much, much fewer attempts to control other people.
This is the basic standard of social coexistence: my right to control my world ends at the equilibrium point between my legitimate interest and yours. John Stuart Mill's On Liberty is really great on this topic.