badgenome on 11 October 2012
Do keep in mind that people do eventually throw failures out of office. And, in extreme cases, they may even kill them. Powermongers want to be within the halls of power. They may very well be all for a more powerful government, but for them having a more powerful government of which they're not a part is like a member of the faithful being cut off from God. When they don't ably wield their current power, it isn't because they're banking on leveraging their failure into even more power for themselves in the future. It's out of incompetence or apathy, not cunning.
