“The ambitious did not seek power for its sake alone. It was a means to earthier satisfactions: Giddianhi was at least as concerned with ‘possessions’ and ‘all our substance’ as he was with ‘rights’ and rulership (3 Nephi 3:2–12); the secret group under Gadianton and successors were ‘robbers’ and ‘plunderers’ (Helaman 2:10; 6:18) who ‘set their hearts upon their riches’ (Helaman 6:17)” (Sorenson, Ancient American Setting, 164).