They didn’t outsmart anyone. They simply have incumbency going for them, that’s it.
In the long run they will fall because that incumbency will become a burden.
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True. Outsmarted is not quite the right term. I sure feel frustratedly powerless when it comes to greasy boomer landlords, obstinate bureaucrats and smug thieving banks all of whom co-opt the media to bat for their team.
Fuk em all.