MS found out that they are in the back of the hurd... Trying to find a jump start, but with what?
"Sorry Sir, all available positions have been filled.... I wish you had come sooner..."
As with all "dictators", they *think* they are invisible, and then one day, a wall comes down, a palace get's overrun, sons get caught, wives get expelled, money streams are frozen, friends run off and all of a sudden you're not the respected "leader" (god) anymore. Then the panic starts...
History shows that "empires" have been meeting this faith again and again. In geography, world politics or business world. That doesn't matter for the one ingredient is common in these scenarios, greed and the hunger for power by 1 person.