Despite sensational news coverage, we should understand that powerful people have always worked hard to keep their power. It was true last year, a hundred years ago, a thousand years ago, and in prehistoric times. Whether by force or persuasion or bribery or extortion or campaigning and advertising for elections, the "ins" want to stay "in." And usually they do.
So we should reserve our surprise for those rare occasions when a powerful person willingly leaves the corridors of power for a peaceful quiet retirement. That would be news!
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