I don’t think politicians are the players as much as the puppets

Possible exception is politicians who stay in power for decades

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I think it's both, at least for the more intelligent politicians

You're not in power because you're irreplaceable or the most brilliant or whatever, but you still have a degree of agency

Yes but like actors the really successful ones are the products of their agents who run their careers