<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWalipoadhibiwa katika wakati wao wa kilele kuwa na nguvu kamili au ya kiutawala, utawala wao ulifunuliwa baadaye kuwa utawala wa ufisadi ambao haukufanya kazi vizuri na kwa hivyo ulikuwa bora kuliko tulivyoamini.  <response>: Condemned in their heyday as having total or totalitarian power, their regimes were later revealed as corrupt bureaucracies, more inefficient and thus better than we believed. 