You can recognize the actions of oligarch pretenders like D by their motivation and access to levers of power. Some gain power from lopping off the heads of others.
D and her friends can try to suppress everyone everywhere but they will not be able to prevail because they must hide, they are extremely unpopular and their numbers are quite small. The system cannot protect them forever.
There are so many ways to tell the same old story. Thank you to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for your support.